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Sharing Must Know scales

Could someone please share with me in PDF Tablature format or direct me too on internet "The Must Know " major scale, natural minor scale and blues scales.Im not sure which ones to concentrate on when copying peoples styles and songs Im 65 yr. old novice not interested in writing my own lines or playing in band. Thank You Very Much.
 
Thanks my friend but he wants $69 for Membership im looking for free tab PDF format.

Mark is giving you the fingerings and the notes in the videos posted. Why not use that information to make your own TAB? I guarantee that just the act of writing it out yourself will cut 90% off the time you need to learn it, will improve your accuracy of recall and improve your long-term retention.
YMMV, perhaps...
 
. . . and I forgot to add. If you sign up for a Free membership, in the Practice Room section there are Free eBooks available. They are 1) Scale Reference Manual for Bass Guitar, 2) Arpeggio Reference Manual for Bass Guitar, 3) Chord Reference Manual for Bass Guitar and 4) Spelling Drill Refernce Manual for Bass Guitar. They are all downloadable .pdf format. And did I mention they were free?

No, I'm not affilliated with Talking Bass. I just happen to think that Mark is one of the better presenters of this material. He is thorough, comprehensive and presents the lessons so that anyone can understand. There is enough material within the Free Lesson Map to keep a learning player busy for years! And I highly recommend the material under the Music Theory for Bass section, especially Intervals and Chord Construction.

Best of luck on your musical journey!
 
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Could someone please share with me in PDF Tablature format or direct me too on internet "The Must Know " major scale, natural minor scale and blues scales.Im not sure which ones to concentrate on when copying peoples styles and songs Im 65 yr. old novice not interested in writing my own lines or playing in band. Thank You Very Much.

Here ya go!

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Mark is giving you the fingerings and the notes in the videos posted. Why not use that information to make your own TAB? I guarantee that just the act of writing it out yourself will cut 90% off the time you need to learn it, will improve your accuracy of recall and improve your long-term retention.
YMMV, perhaps...

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Always make your own fingering charts / tab / chord charts /notation etc whenever time allows
It accelerates learning time and improves long term retention as Steve Mentioned.
 
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Having said that
@mike roman are you aware that studybass.com has a free fretboard diagram printer tool?
You can print PDFs of any scale or chord arpeggio you like. Based on your various threads it seems like the sort of thing you are actually after.

It seems like you are just starting out, so wanting to simply know where to put your dang fingers is a totally reasonable thing. Just keep in mind that there's 4 components to really knowing a musical concept. In rough order of importance:
  1. how it sounds
  2. how to play it
  3. what it's named
  4. how to notate it
#1 you can focus on from the get go , just really listen. (singing along helps)

printing out charts will help you with #2

#3 and #4 ("theory") are about accurately communicating with others and understanding music from a more global perspective. Based on your stated goals, You can take a relaxed approach with these. If something has name, try to learn it, if you can find a way to write it out, that's a helpful bonus. But theory is a pretty deep rabbit hole, no need to stress yourself out early on. a relaxed if I pick a little something up , that's cool attitude can help in the long run.

The most important thing you can do as a beginner is learn to enjoy learning about bass.
 
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