Recent content by jostego

It's good enough. All I meant to say was that I can't transfer the knowledge. It's not as easy to apply the scale pattern for whatever tonic and position when you really don't know how the fretboard i constructed. That's why I've chosen to focus on familiarizing myself with the fretboard...

Well, I thought I had instant e-mail notification on this thread, so imagine my surprise when checking in after the weekend. I'd like to thank the people who tried to educate me. And well, all that other stuff was entertaining as well. I've heard about how music theory is a subject that some...

Thanks man :)

Well, no. I get what your saying, but I assume it's a bit more complicated than that. What if I want to play all the notes in A major in finger position one (starting on fret 3), I have no nice reference like you just given me for fret 5. I know that I could figure it out if I sit down with it...

Yeah, I see what you mean. I normally write out drum parts which I find helpful so maybe doing the grunt work will be helpful also here. What I'm trying to say at the end of my first post is: people say that when you've learned one major scale you've basically learned them all. I get that...

I would've thought this would be covered thoroughly here but I couldn't find what I'm looking for. I'm a drummer who recently picked up bass. I think learning bass will make me a better drummer and musician in general. Also, bass is awesome. One goal I have, is to learn the major, minor...