This is my second lesson in this series about using pentatonic scales in your bass lines.
Because of the tonality of these five-note scales, pentatonics are very versatile and can be used in all sorts of ways and styles of music –pop, rock, funk, jazz… you name it.
In the previous tutorial, we took a very simple chord sequence that goes: A minor / Bb Major / C Major (2 bars) and we’ve seen that pentatonic scales can sound really cool. After this lesson, I got a lot of emails saying things like ‘I kept hearing this kind of melody –or lick… what were you doing exactly there?” etc.
So what I wanna do in this lesson is take one of those pentatonic licks and show you how I ‘dissect’ it to build other licks, rather than playing the exact same one over and over again.
Check out ‘Using Pentatonic Scales on Bass #2′ on YouYube
Want the tab and notation for this lesson?!… Click here to find out!
Hi Scott! great job, this is what i was looking for.
So glad I found this website… Thanks so much, I’ve been struggling to improve for what seems like a year now and after watching a handful of your videos I feel so inspired! Can’t wait for more!
Hi Scott! Thank you! You are a inspiration for me!
Hi Scott. this is really what I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. It’s really hard to find someone willing to put forth the effort and take the time to share such valuable information as you do. You’re a real winner. Thanks.
Scott
Fantastic, being new to bass I love the way you construct then deconstruct the riff and show that you can take just a small bit of it and use it here and there and it sounds great. I have a bit of trouble thinking outside the box and this sort of lesson opens up so many ideas that i would never have thought of.
Also I find understanding the music easier than I thought I would, being an ex-drummer, as you explain it so well.
Very inspiring
Thanks
P.S. When i can spare a quid it is coming your way (still paying off my bass at present)
Russell
Nice lessons, but It’s hard to see your fingers on fret … It would be a big help if you could use some close ups maybe or no glove!