C Major Scale by Bass Exercises Bass Tab and Video Lesson
Do these exercises a couple times before jamming it helps a lot more than you think. You need to practice then ascending and descending. This is a very important point and it applies to each of the examples. If some of the notes are uneven or rhythmically choppy then slow down the exercise until you find the right time that is comfortable for you....
Pattern 1
G|----------------------|-----------------------|--------9----10----12----| D|------------2----3----|--5----7----9----10----|--12---------------------| A|--3----5--------------|-----------------------|-------------------------| E|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------| G|--14----16----17----16----|--14----12----9----------|-----------------------| D|--------------------------|-------------------12----|--10----9----7----5----| A|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| E|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| G|----------------------| D|--3----2--------------| A|------------5----3----| E|----------------------|
Pattern 2
G|--------------------------|----------------------------| D|--------------2--2--3--3--|--5--5--7--7--9--9--10--10--| A|--3--3--5--5--------------|----------------------------| E|--------------------------|----------------------------| G|----------9--9--10--10--12--12--|--14--14--16--16--17--17--16--16--| D|--12--12------------------------|----------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|--14--14--12--12--10--10--9--9--|------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--12--12--10--10--9--9--7--7--| A|--------------------------------|------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|------------------------------| G|--------------------------|--------| D|--5--5--3--3--2--2--------|--------| A|--------------------5--5--|--3--3--| E|--------------------------|--------|
Pattern 3
G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------2--2--2--3--3--3--| A|--3--3--3--5--5--5--------------------| E|--------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|--5--5--5--7--7--7--9--9--9--10--10--10--| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| G|--------------9--9--9--10--10--10--12--12--12--| D|--12--12--12-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| G|--14--14--14--16--16--16--17--17--17--16--16--16--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| G|--14--14--14--12--12--12--10--10--10--9--9--9--| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--12--12--12--10--10--10--9--9--9--7--7--7--| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------|-----------| D|--5--5--5--3--3--3--2--2--2-----------|-----------| A|-----------------------------5--5--5--|--3--3--3--| E|--------------------------------------|-----------|
Pattern 4
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| D|------------------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-| A|--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-----------------|--------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| G|--------------9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-| D|--12-12-12-12---------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| G|--14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| G|--14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|--12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---------| A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------5-5-5-5-| E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------| D|----------| A|--3-3-3-3-| E|----------|
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