Recent content by Fl3tch3rb0y

I don't think the title is correct to be honest! There is no one versus the other, both are essential. I just think that the problem with scales and modes is that quite a lot of teachers and especially guitar teachers, teaching electric bass tend to teach scales and if your just starting out...

Cage method for bass?....I'm not sure either if it would work. I'm not sure to call it a gimmick is correct. I mean basically shapes are moveable on both bass and guitar and any 'gimmick' whether it's CAGE for guitar or Arpeggios mainly for bass, it's all about muscle, finger position memory...

Arpeggios contain the all important chord tones. Your job as a bass player is to outline the chords and ultimately your striving to be able to play arpeggiated chords without thinking too much. Practice your arpeggios and their inversions and pretty soon your fingers will know...

I found this quite useful for just getting the patterns under my fingers. Its a very good instant visual aid.

Found this quite useful...

Think learning shapes is a good way to go...When you play live your not really thinking notes as such but in fact chord shapes eg: GMaj7 / CMaj7 / D7 etc So in knowing shapes really helps your subconscious take over. So you go for a Chord shape or a modal shape and its a bit like driving a car...

and Jay Leonhart

It's the old pat your head rub your tummy trick. Really anything musically which helps you separate the lobes of your brain is good and practice is the key. Learning to read music helps. e.g. when you first start out your doing a lot of counting, for instance just counting quarter notes but...

A few weeks ago during my afternoon tea break as usual I was sat at my desk with my bass playing along to a fairly simple garage band track. I recall I had been playing for roughly ten mins....The next thing I know, a colleague walks in and I hear this laughing. It startled me and as I came to I...

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Just an addition to Ashers post to save any confusion for beginners. He's backcycling through the fourths: A, D, G because obviously in a clockwise direction building a major scale from A the 5th is E!

:) Ha.... So which bass picks up the chicks? One thing is for certain, both basses will certainly need a lot of gravel hauling to cover the cost.... Ok well Esta spalding plays the jazz so that'll do for me.

Just to add....There are 32 notes from the Key of C (C Maj Scale) possible between the nut and the twelfth fret of a four string bass. So if you can be musical within the key of C Maj from nut to 12th using those 32 notes then your actually learning the scale, the fretboard and practicing all at...

Hey, Ok...for fretboard knowledge here's what I did. I knew from theory that any major scale starting from the root is made up of the following steps: W W H W W W H (W=Whole and H=Half)....Also the bass strings are perfect fourths apart so the next step on the next string up is four frets back...