i used to be a guitarist but now i play bass for a band with an awesome guitarist (which is why i sed screw it and played bass for him). Now my question is im wondering if i use guitar scales minor major for bass or is there specific scales i should use for the bass guitar. If anyone has any information about it let me know i would appreciate it. Ok well thats about it thanks.
hairpin harold wrote:i used to be a guitarist but now i play bass for a band with an awesome guitarist (which is why i sed screw it and played bass for him). Now my question is im wondering if i use guitar scales minor major for bass or is there specific scales i should use for the bass guitar. If anyone has any information about it let me know i would appreciate it. Ok well thats about it thanks.
Hey man I am a guitar and bass teacher of 12 yrs. You should check out minor and major pentatonic scales. Walking bass lines are cool too. Play with your fingers, picks are for guitarists! The 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of a scale are the most common to be used on bass, however using 6ths and 2nds, 4ths, and 7ths are what seperates blink 182 from John Paul Jones. If you don't know basic music theory, the first note of a scale is the same as the key that song is in, everything else is counted off of that. If you are a metal player try playing with all four fingers like Maiden, it is hard to get but just make your self play the e sting with your 1,2,3,4 fingers, and the try it backwards 4,3,2,1 do this on all strings, this will no come in handy until you get some control over it, but then you will be able to play coo triplets that are impossible to play with a pick, and you can also mute strings with the extra fingers when not using them. If you like to pop and slap make sure you slap with you thumb pointing up like a fonzi type hand motion, but pop by aggressively pulling up on a note with your index finger.
I hope this helps. good luck