Ed friedland the pentatonic is one of the most widely used scales in music. Lets first take a look at the ridiculously useful minor pentatonic scale lefty style. The usual process is to go up and down the scales until the stick although that could take a. How to learn to improvise with minor pentatonic scales is written for any musicians on any instrument interested in. To derive the minor pentatonic scale from the natural minor scale, use the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th notes of the minor scale. Oneoctave major pentatonic scale bass scales studybass. These charts highlight the notes and chords of g pentatonic scale on guitar and bass fretboard. Label the scale degrees of the major pentatonic scales.
Compare these scales c major pentatonic and a minor pentatonic with the c major and a minor scales, respectively. Pentatonic exercise for bass guitar bass practice diary 7th may 2019. The scale im using in the video is the g minor or bb major pentatonic. It looks like a method book and can be used as one, but it is better to think of it as a collection of potentia lly useful intervallic sequences 1 that are designed to be modified to suit the players your purposes. This scale is great to write fulllength songs, solos and to improvise with. Hal leonard pentatonic scales for electric bass book. Oneoctave minor pentatonic scale bass scales studybass.
The reason that ive shared this is to show you how i approach practicing scales, or as i like to think of it harmony. This intervallic construction is unique to this scale. The book starts with the basic major scales, then delves into. Unless specified, whenever we mention pentatonic scale on this page, well be referring to the pentatonic minor scale.
You need three strings to complete the major pentatonic scale, so start it on the e or a. A practical approach to the pentatonic world for the 4 and 5string electric bass guitar. Bass tablature for pentatonic scales by bass lessons. More than a pattern book, this lays out the theory behind the use of pentatonic scales in jazz, and follows with transcribed solos and exercises. I do not think ive ever run up on a specific pentatonic book for bass. Which has to do with playing like notes so both melody and harmony augment each other and harmonize. Fingerings, exercises and proper usage of the essential fivenote scales with cd audio, 2010 is. Pentatonic scales to derive the major pentatonic scale from the major scale, use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the major scale. Introducing pentatonic scales for jazz guitar explores the use of major and minor pentatonic scales. The trick is to find interesting and effective exercises to make your fingers remember those scales one recommendation i can make here is william lea. A oneoctave c major pentatonic scale is spelled c, d, e, g, a, and c an octave above. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. The notes of the scale are g bb c d f which are the same notes in both g minor and bb major pentatonic. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.
I prefer not to use the word scale because it implies going up and down a pattern of notes. Although the name pentatonic scale can be used for any fivenote scale, in rock, pop and jazz music it most commonly refers to the pentatonic minor scale, which is the scale well be covering on this page. The pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. This book teaches fingerings for these essential fivenote scales all over the neck, and how to use them to create solid, functional bass lines. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. Many times it is the bass player who holds down the dominant sound while a soloist guitar, piano, etc. Pentatonic scales for bass fingerings, exercises and.
This page contains all the notes on a 5 string bass guitar fretboard as well as all the scales in tab form and charts. But, bassists get to do it in riffs, solos and fills, too. A blues scale is really just a pentatonic scale with the addition of one note the blues note. Pentatonic scales for bass by ed friedland softcover. This will help you learn how to play melodies and chords on a guitar and bass within the key of g pentatonic. Learning how to play the major pentatonic scale on the bass guitar is like getting a twoforone deal. Mel bay this book will give bassists insight into many of the scales used in jazz. One note added to our trusty pentatonic scale converts it into a really evocative sound. A fter checking out our left handed chord chart one leftyfretz reader recently asked if i could produce some left handed scale charts for some of the more popular scales. Deals with what can be played overunder a specific chord. This is currently the cheapest offer out of 4 retailers. How to play the pentatonic scale on guitar dummies.
The minor pentatonic scale left handed diagrams for guitar. How to play the major pentatonic scale on bass guitar. Hal leonard pentatonic scales for bass bass builders. The major pentatonic scale is constructed of the intervals m2, m3, p5, and m6. Pentatonics on electric bass was written to provide a focused and musically satisfying approach for electric bassists to learn the major and minor pentatonic scales in all 12 keys. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Pentatonic exercise bass practice diary 55 johnny cox. Although the pentatonic scale is not the only scale available for playing rock lead, it is. Pentatonic khancepts by steve khan is a great book on how to use pentatonic scales in your improvisations.
Pentatonic scales for jazz improvisation ramon ricker. All the bass guitar scales in the book are presented as movable diagrams, allowing you to. This scale can be built on any note of the musical alphabet. Guitarists with an interest in learning to play lead guitar must learn their pentatonic scales. Pentatonic scales for bass booksamillion online book store. The tab above shows how movable pattern 4 can be used at the 1 st fret in order to play a b flat pentatonic scale. Answers on page 7 a closer look at the major and minor pentatonic scales in the traditional ionian major and aeolian natural minor scales, there exists a tritone augmented 4 th diminished 5 th between the 4 th and 7 th. We are going to use the minor scale as our base which has 7 notes not including our octave. Then we look at pentatonic modes and how to apply them to chord progressions mostly rock and pop oriented.
The minor and major blues scales on bass guitar with. Youll have to change fretboard position as you play in order to reach the higher notes of this scale. Pentatonic scales are widely used in all styles of music. The major and minor scales may be musiceducation stalwarts, but they sound a bit academic when used over chord progressions. The pentatonic is one of the most widely used scales in music. For rock guitar, youll want to learn to play the pentatonic scale, which supplies you with better melodic fodder. The major pentatonic scale has the 5 notes of the major scale. Since the minor pentatonic scale can be applied over minor chords and dominant 7th chords, it. You can use the major pentatonic scale for two different chord tonalities. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to. This free exotic pentatonic scales lesson is an extract from my new book progressive metal guitar, which covers several exotic pentatonic scales and unusual scales as well as many other topics to develop all aspects of your metal guitar playing although we tend to think of the pentatonic scale as the 1 b3 4 5 b7 of the blues, any group of five.
Minor pentatonic scales bass clef 2018 minor pentatonic scales. This book is excellent in that it takes you by the hand, explains whats going on, why and how and then gives you step by step excises to complete as you go along. Pentatonic scale construction major and minor pentatonic analysis and modes how to study pentatonic scales. The main goal of this book is to introduce, reinforce, and provide musical applications of the major and minor. Minor pentatonic scales bb pitch for trumpet, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flugelhorn, soprano saxophone and any other bb pitch instrument. Eb pitch and bass clef versions of each book, making them useful for virtually all instruments. The pentatonic scale is used both for soloing, and for basing song riffs around. Bass tablature for 5 modes of the pentatonic scale by bass lessons. Bass guitar scales pdf free download bass scales are successions of notes with a relationship between them and it is necessary, for any instrument, to know and master them in ours concretely, they will allow us to create bass lines or to improvise in an efficient way. You need three strings to complete the major pentatonic scale, so start it on the e or a string. My concern is with content and quality of educational material not fancy labels and pretty pictures. Rock blues licks scales and applications in pdf ebook format shipped to you on a plain nonlabeled cd for you to label any way you wish.
Bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios features a wide range of common and exotic scales including. This will help you learn how to play melodies and chords on a guitar and bass within the key of c pentatonic. Learn to play major and minor pentatonic scale patterns and licks all over the neck play guitar in 14 days. Do you know how most people go about learning scales specifically the pentatonic scale for bass. As its title implies, this comprehensive book presents major, minor, pentatonic and blues scales, in all keys, plus mixolydian, dorian, lydian, phrygian and locrian modes. Then notate its relative minor scale and its scale degrees. This book is intended to serve as a poin t of departure for the study of pentatonic scales. The main goal of this book is to introduce, reinforce, and provide musical applications of the major and minor pentatonic scale from an electric bassists perspective. The audio contains 56 tracks and features fullband demonstration examples. The minor pentatonic is usually the first scale that new guitarists will learn its very easy to play and is useable in almost. Minor pentatonic scales bass clef for bass guitar, double bass, trombone, euphonium and any other bass clef instrument. These charts highlight the notes and chords of c pentatonic scale on guitar and bass fretboard. Fingerings, exercises and proper usage of the essential fivenote scales bass builders by ed friedland apr 1, 2010 4.