Ultrashort version - is there a difference between bass modes and guitar modes? (Modes = Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, etc.) I feel like somebody's trying to teach me guitar theory on a bass.
Longer version - I'm a rookie. Just started with a new teacher. (My first one passed away.) By his own admission, he's more of a guitar person than a bass person. But I figure that's okay for a total beginner, like me.
He recently started teaching the the different modes. But he's showing me something that looks kinda like this.
However, most of the material I find says the modes should look like this.
I feel like he's trying to take guitar theory and apply it to the bass, when bass modes have a very different shape than guitar modes. Can anybody help me out? Which mode is the "right" mode for bass?
EDIT - Let me rephrase my question. What is the best "fingering" or "shape" of the modes? It seems like the "orange dots" are easier to conceptualize and "copy and paste" to another area of the fretboard, while the "black and red" dots lend more to a lot of rote memorization.
Longer version - I'm a rookie. Just started with a new teacher. (My first one passed away.) By his own admission, he's more of a guitar person than a bass person. But I figure that's okay for a total beginner, like me.
He recently started teaching the the different modes. But he's showing me something that looks kinda like this.
However, most of the material I find says the modes should look like this.
I feel like he's trying to take guitar theory and apply it to the bass, when bass modes have a very different shape than guitar modes. Can anybody help me out? Which mode is the "right" mode for bass?
EDIT - Let me rephrase my question. What is the best "fingering" or "shape" of the modes? It seems like the "orange dots" are easier to conceptualize and "copy and paste" to another area of the fretboard, while the "black and red" dots lend more to a lot of rote memorization.
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