BASS LESSON THREE

Bass Lesson 3

Seeing as how you’ve made it to your third lesson, I thought I would introduce you to some triads. Your two triads are the Major and Minor.

A Major Triad

G------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------|

A------4-7-4-------------------------|

E----5-------5-----------------------|

A Minor Pentatonic

G------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------|

A--------7---------------------------|

E----5-8---8-5-----------------------|

These are your Major and minor triads. They use the first, third and fifth notes of both the Major and Minor scales and the shape can be used anywhere on the fret board.

Next, we have the Major and Minor Pentatonic;

A Major Pentatonic

G----------------------------------------------|

D-----------6-7-6------------------------------|

A-------4-7-------7-4--------------------------|

E----5-----------------5-----------------------|

A Minor Pentatonic

G----------------------------------------------|

D----------5-7-5-------------------------------|

A--------7-------7-----------------------------|

E----5-8-----------8-5-------------------------|

These are you Pentatonic Scales. Note how they both use their respective triads, but also add on the 7th and 8th notes of their scales. Once again, these shapes can be used anywhere on the fret board.

Final thing I would like you to look at is the Minor Blues Scale.

A Minor Blues Scale

G----------------------------------------------|

D-------------5-7-5----------------------------|

A-------5-6-7-------5-6-7----------------------|

E---5-8-------------------8-5------------------|

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This scale is almost the same as the minor pentatonic, with the exception that there's an added 4th and 4#th. I usually find that this scale is fantastic for implementing over minor chords, as it adds a slight blues twist to the sound.

Now, for your final lesson, you won’t be receiving any hand out, but you will instead get the opportunity to make a final recording if you feel comfortable enough.