Major Scale Lesson Bass Tab

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I'm tired of making music tabs so I thought I'd perhaps share with
you guys some music theory. For this "lesson", I'll be explaining
the pattern for a music scale. As you already know, a scale is a
selection of notes within an octave. There are different kinds of
scales (major, minor, etc.), but I'll be discussing the major
scales right now. A major scale is constructed with the following
pattern:

W - W - H - W - W - W - H

W: whole step
H: half step

You can pretty much build any MAJOR scale using that pattern.
Some examples...

C Major scale.

     C  D  E  F  G  A  B  C
G:------------------2--4--5---
D:---------2--3--5------------
A:---3--5---------------------
E:----------------------------

As you can see...

C: root
D: whole step from C
E: whole step from D
F: half step from E
G: whole step from F
A: whole step from G
B: whole step from A
C: half step from C


Next, we will try an Eb Major scale.

     Eb F  G  Ab Bb C  D  Eb
G:------------------5--7--8---
D:---------5--6--8------------
A:---6--8---------------------
E:----------------------------

Again...

Eb: root
 F: whole step
 G: whole step
Ab: half step
Bb: whole step
 C: whole step
 D: whole step
Eb: half step


Lastly, a D Major scale.

     D  E  F# G  A  B  C# D
G:------------------4--6--7---
D:---------4--5--7------------
A:---5--7---------------------
E:----------------------------

Yeah, you got it.

 D: root
 E: whole step
F#: whole step
 G: half step
 A: whole step
 B: whole step
C#: whole step
 D: half step


And that's it...

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/b/bass_lessons/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dark Lead Player	#1 by Dark Avenger at Oct 13, 2007 at 5:07 AM EST
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