Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Many country guitar licks make use of bends on the 2nd string. The dorian modal scale has a distinctive sound that can add interest to a solo. In previous lessons, we looked at how scales are built and how they relate to the major scale. Pentatonic licks 15 pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. That means that the cm6 pentatonic sale is a great option for this chord. This lick will provide a really versatile and greatsounding addition to your rock vocabulary. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Now there is a ocean of online, magazine, and video lessons about how to comp with pentatonic scales. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. Minor pentatonic technical technical exercises bass clef exercises. It should be one of the first bass scales you tackle. The thickening effect of playing two notes at once is remarkably effective when projection is an issue.
In these bass pdf we present you different fingerings to play this scale well, we will place ourselves in the note a central of the freetboard as always to practice the blues scale, we always remember the fingers to use. The collection is comprised of my favorite pentatonic rock licks and phrases in the style of jimi hendrix, eric clapton, jimmy page, angus young, billy gibbons, pat travers, michael schenker, steve lukather and neal schon. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. In the example below this structure is moved through string sets in the scale, generating some sus4 triads but also a cm and an eb major triad.
High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Bass tablature for 5 modes of the pentatonic scale by bass lessons. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. I give the shapes descriptive names because that makes them stick better. A hack for memorizing and combining pentatonic shapes duration. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. A c eb g it is worth noticing that this is an inversion of a cm6 chord. The scales and the bass line are played in 1st position. A jimmy pageinspired pentatonic lick anyone can play guitar. Follow along with the video and this transcription pdf. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales reference.
Bass tablature for e pentatonic major scale by bass lessons. Blues, minor pentatonic, major, major pentatonic in every key. For me that mean picking up the trombone again and get back in the practice room. This intervallic construction is unique to this scale. Here are a couple of licks very similar to what well be doing in down to the station. How to play 3 bass fills licks on the minor pentatonic scale in a. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. A heptatonic scale has seven notes the major scale for example they are sometimes called gap scales as they contain more intervals of thirds than the standard tone, semitone order of other common scales. Do you know how most people go about learning scales specifically the pentatonic scale for bass.
Easy soloing guide layout 1 free online guitar lessons. To get back in shape, i tried to come up with something to challenge myself with, and the result are these pentatonic trombone licks. Its a fast descending pattern played using a combination of picked and slurred notes. Dedicate at least 3060 minutes each day to playing the bass. You will notice the major pentatonic shape and fingering is similar to the oneoctave major scale pattern. The scale can broken down into five overlapping box patterns each containing all of the notes of the scale. These exercises are not licks or patterns to be memorized and performed as a part of any solo. Minor pentatonic scale patterns part 1 talkingbass. Blues bass lick using a minor pentatonic no treble. It is a warm contrast to the minor pentatonicblues scale and is often used right next to the minor pentatonic to suddenly lift a solo into a happier, major territory. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. Killer pentatonic bass lick online bass lessons duration. Fingering of the major pentatonic scale for electric bass.
Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. The 5 pentatonic positions you need to learn talkingbass. Bass lesson 3 minor pentatonic fills licks lesson w tab. Free printable guitar scales and bass scales in easy to use pdf format. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no login or signup required. In this lesson im going to introduce you to the concept of pentatonic harmony. Guitar lovers licks riffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. These charts highlight the notes and chords of c pentatonic scale on guitar and bass fretboard. Heres a new lesson in our ongoing series of bass lick lessons. Pentatonic patterns sample better sax lessons, tips. I typically play this using hammerons and pulloffs, but it is good to work up to speed with alternate picking as well. These are fivenote scales that can be applied to loads of different situations due to their lack of dissonant tones. All except that note on the 8th fret of the 1st string.
Download video, mp3, pdf and guitar pro transcriptiontab here. Learn how to play the e major pentatonic scale on bass guitar with our free tab, sheet music, neck diagrams, and more. Feb 20, 2018 transform your boring pentatonic bass fills with this simple dorian hack duration. But whether you are hip to the boot, little boxbig box and the others, here is a super easy trick for some pentatonic coolness. It is actually a major arpeggio with the 2nd and 6th added. Here are some tips to aid you in mastering these bass blues licks. Killer pentatonic bass lick online bass lessons youtube. Using the popular major pentatonic scale and its associated four modes as the foundation for the note sequences, thegrimoirium. One of the structures in a cm pentatonic scale is an fsus4. A m6 pentatonic is a minor pentatonic scale where the b7 is replaced with a 6th.
We have included patterns for the e pentatonic and natural minor scales to help you to more fully understand the licks, along with jam tracks in two styles. Pentatonic patterns for improvisation sample preparatory exercises below is an example of what i call pentatonic exercise 1 in the key of c major. This first run simply descends the minor pentatonic scale in 16th notes and ends on the 7th to lead it back to the root. The minor pentatonic scale of a key can be found and played in the same pattern 3 frets below the major scale. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 25 minor pentatonic licks for blues guitar. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 25 major pentatonic scale licks for blues guitar.
The major pentatonic scale is a wonderful, simple way to add colour to your blues playing. The major pentatonic bass scale, as its name indicates, pentafive has 5 notes and is major. The pdf is for members only, so youll need to login to download it. 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. All the bass guitar scales in the book are presented as movable diagrams, allowing you to. To grab your copy of this great app, simply click on the image above. Combining the pentatonic scale 3 licks with tab pdf. The pentatonic minor scale is the same as this but minus the second and sixth. Minor pentatonic scale licks in all positions guitar.
You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Richie blake explains and shows the importance of the pentatonic scale download support pdf for this lesson. Pentatonic major scale and licks in a solo tab by lessons guitar. We are going to take as tonic the 4th string in the fifth fret, in the pitch note a the numbers are the fingers of the left hand, so, we have to master 3 ways to start the scale, with fingers 1, 3 and 4. A oneoctave c major pentatonic scale is spelled c, d, e, g, a, and c an octave above. Dorian mode pentatonic licks a new approach to modal. A handpicked collection of licks and grooves covers virtually every style of blues. The major pentatonic scale can be most easily remembered as a major scale missing two of its seven notes the 4th and the 7th. So if you were using this to improvise, those are some other notes that you might try playing around with as you solo. In this lesson, im showing you how you can get pentatonic scales into your bass lines and what they are good for. Apr 12, 2011 down in louisiana, a boy named johnny okay, only my mother calls me johnny and it was really liverpool came up with this doublestop lick. The usual process is to go up and down the scales until the stick although that could take a. C eb f g bb and the cm6 pentatonic will be c eb f g a.
Scotts bass lessons is the leading online bass community, with a wealth of free online lessons for new and experienced bass players alike. The pentatonic note sequence grimoirium is a reference book for the beginner to advanced bassist seeking diatonic note sequences or melodic patterns for inspiration in compositions, soloing, walking bass lines, etc. Requests pdf transcriptions guest instructor content members forum. Most guitar players are familiar with the minor pentatonic box 1, but what some may not know is that you can use this identical box played a down a minor 3rd or 4 frets down from the tonic note on 6th string to get major pentatonic. This is my first lesson, im going to go in depth of how amazing the pentatonic minor and blues scale can be. Pentatonic scales continued for 5string bass guitar starts on 3rd of the pentatonic scale starts on 5th of the pentatonic scale starts on 6th of the pentatonic scale.
The pentatonic scale compendia found in section one list all three hundre d thirty pentatonic scales 2 that contain the note c. Bass tablature for pentatonic scales by bass lessons. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook learn guitar for free. In this case, we begin each line with one of three related licks in 5th position, then use a different position of the major pentatonic sound in each line to answer. Label the scale degrees of the major pentatonic scales. Journey to the core of zakk wyldes pentatonic shred guitar. The basic pentatonic pattern can be moved up and down the bass neck in order to play the pentatonic scale with any tonic note. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar alliance. This jazz guitar method is an ebook available as a pdf with standard.
For example, you could position the pattern at the 3rd fret for a g pentatonic minor scale. You may have noticed that the pentatonic looks like a stripped down natural minor scale. This will help you learn how to play melodies and chords on a guitar and bass within the key of c pentatonic. Unless specified, whenever we mention pentatonic scale on this page, well be referring to the pentatonic minor scale. I lay it all out in my pentatonic playground for bass course. This scale can be built on any note of the musical alphabet. In these bass scales pdf we leave you the three most common fingering to play well this pentatonic minor scale. The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. Create crazy bass fills with this scale ninja tactic. The major pentatonic scale is an excellent scale to learn.
Well, sure, i wish i knew or was taught it 40 years ago when i started playing. Jun 11, 2018 boiled down to its most basic form, the zakk wyldestyle of executing fast pentatonic licks can be found in example 1a, 1b and 1c. They are intended to provide enough technical facility, melodic. And all those famous blues, rock, metal guitar players had one thing in common. The pentatonic scale is a fivenote subset of the major scale that is often heard in the bass line of rock, jazz, and blues songs. Using an a minor pentatonic scale a, c, d, e, g, example 1a is the simplest dilution of zakks trademark licks, simply running a twonotesontwostrings pattern fretted with the ring and index fingers. In the previous lesson, the two must know scales for playing over everything, we were introduced to the major and minor pentatonic scales. Guitar songs, jazz guitar, guitar room, bass guitar lessons, guitar tips.
The video contains the performance, the slow version. This example demonstrates how to play the b minor pentatonic scale on the e and a strings using two notes on the e string and three notes on the a string. To apply this run to a bass line, we can create a groove by doubling the kick drum pattern and adding the run to the last two beats of the second bar. In this lesson ill introduce the major pentatonic scale notes using the familiar minor pentatonic box down a minor 3rd from the tonic second position in a. 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. The best way to learn them is to choose one scale that appeals to you and spend a considerable amount of time an d energy practicing and thinking of ways in which you can use it. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high.
If you need additional help with learning the pentatonic licks, ask your private lesson guitar teacher for clarification. Im also discussing how to adapt them, depending on the style of music youre playing. Even if you already use the dorian mode in your playing, using pentatonic shapes to play dorian licks will give you a new approach to use in your solos. This page contains all the notes on a 5 string bass guitar fretboard as well as all the scales in tab form and charts. It comes from the greek prefix pent, meaning five think pentagon. This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is. As im sure you have heard before, practice makes perfect. The scale can broken down into five overlapping box patterns each containing all of the notes of.
When played at a slow to mid tempo it would sound at home in a blues or classic rockstyle solo. 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. In this part you land on the 3rd and i tried it with other riffs and it sounds cool. Start your membership of bass guitar lessons online at low end. Caged and diagonal pentatonic scales there is a lot of discussion about the glory of the caged system.
Then notate its relative minor scale and its scale degrees. This part of the video bass lesson will take you stepbystep through how to play this blues bass. Not only is it simple, but it is also very useful for bass lines and solos in major keys. Pentatonic scale patterns for bass guitar fatpick bass. This is normal, because the notes are positioned differently in the minor pentatonic scale then in the major pentatonic scale. Scale name scale degree formula cmajor pentatonic examples no. This lesson is closely related to the pentatonic improvisation lesson so if you havent watched that tutorial id recommend you check that out first. The major pentatonic scale is constructed of the intervals m2, m3, p5, and m6. In this exercise we play our major pentatonic scale over the entire range of our instrument up and back down again.
Actually, our first lick is from the blues scale, which is just the minor pentatonic with an extra note added the flatted fifth. The solo hereunder is using the pentatonic scales i went over on an a part of autumn leaves. Use online or download a free printable bass scales chart pdf for your. Easy soloing guitar coach notes open position position 1 the scale the eminor pentatonic scale in the open position position 1.
Transform your boring pentatonic bass fills with this simple dorian hack duration. This lick comes mostly out of a g major pentatonic scale in the 7th position. When playing the a minor pentatonic scale, youll only ever need to use two fingers per string. The free pdf download is located directly below each video demonstrating the lick.
The minor pentatonic scale for bass guitar talkingbass. Oneoctave major pentatonic scale bass scales studybass. For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. Ive also included some absolute must know blues licks inspired by albert king, b. Bass guitar scales made easy learn guitar for free. Pentatonic is a term used to describe any scale made up of five notes. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys. Bass guitar scales chords and arpeggios features a wide range of common and exotic scales including. Pentatonic runs are some of the most useful lines you can use when it comes to making cool bass fills. To know how to play the major pentatonic we leave the three most common fingerings for this scale in the bass.
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