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BASS LESSON APPLYING CHORD/SCALE THEORY BASS TABS

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Thistabillustrateshowtoapplychordscaletheory.
AfterlookingoverthetabIpostedawhileback,
Irealizedthatit'sprettyhardtounderstand...
Mainlybecausethere'snoactualtabs.
WewillUseGastherootforalloftheseexamples.

Layout:

Name
Interval
Notes
Tab
Timing

First,let'slookatacommonchord:

|GMajor|
|1351|
|GBDG|
G|||
D|5||
A|25||
E|3||
|1+2+3+4+|

Thenlet'slookatscalesthatcontaintheintervalsinthechord:

|GMajorScale|GLydian|
|1(2)3(4)|5(6)(7)1|1(2)3(#4)|5(6)(7)1|
|GABC|DEF#G|GABC#|DEF#G|
G|||||||
D||245|||245||
A|23|5||24|5||
E|35|||35|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

|GMixolydian|GMajorPentatonic|
|1(2)3(4)|5(6)(b7)1|1(2)35(6)1|
|GABC|DEFG|GABD|EG|
G|||||||
D||235|||25||
A|23|5||25|||
E|35|||35|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

Noticehowallfourscalescontaintheintervals1,3and5.
Ifthescalesdonotcontaintheseintervals,theywillnotwork.

IfthechordwasaGminor:

|GMinor|
|1b351|
|GBbDG|
G|||
D|5||
A|5||
E|36||
|1+2+3+4+|

NoneofthescaleslistedabovewouldworkbecausetheGminorhasaBb(b3)
andnoneofthosescaleshaveab3(Bb)...THEYHAVE3(B)!

HerearesomescalesthatwouldworkoverMinorChords:

|GAeolian(NaturalMinor)|GDorian|
|1(2)b3(4)|5(b6)(b7)1|1(2)b3(4)|5(6)(b7)1|
|GABbC|DEbFG|GABbC|DEFG|
G|||||||
D||35|||235||
A|3|56||3|5||
E|356|||356|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

|GPhrygian|GMinorPentatonic|
|1(b2)b3(4)|5(b6)(b7)1|1b3(4)5(b7)1|
|GAbBbC|DEbFG|GBbCD|FG|
G|||||||
D||35|||35||
A|3|56||35|||
E|346|||36|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

Noticethatallofthesescalescontainb3...not3.
Thisiswhatmakesthemworkoverminorchords...NOTMAJORCHORDS!

Youmightbeaskingyourself:"Whatabouttheothernotesinthesescales!?"
Therestofthenotesinthescalebecome"colors."
Sincethechordswe'velookedatareonlyspecificto1,3and5,(or1,b3and5)
Youhavethelibertytousethese"colors."
IftheChordbecamemorespecific,forexample:anyMajor7chord,
Thenyouwouldhavetomakesureanyscaleyouusecontains1,3,5AND7

Here'swhatImean:

|GMajor7|
|1357|
|GBDF#|
G|||
D|4||
A|25||
E|3||
|1+2+3+4+|

Thesethreescalesfrombefore(ThatworkoverMajorChords)stillwork:

|GMajorScale|GLydian|
|1(2)3(4)|5(6)71|1(2)3(#4)|5(6)71|
|GABC|DEF#G|GABC#|DEF#G|
G|||||||
D||245|||245||
A|23|5||24|5||
E|35|||35|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

|GMajorPentatonic|
|1(2)35(6)1|

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|1(2)35(6)1|
|GABD|EG|
G||||
D||25||
A|25|||
E|35|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

NoticehowTheGMixolydianScaleisnotinthisgroupanymore.
ThatisbecauseTheMixolyianScalehasab7...NOT7!

AnyMajorChordwithab7wouldbeconsideredadominant7thchord:

|Gdomiant7|
|135b7|
|GBDF|
G||
D|3|
A|25|
E|3|
|1+2+3+4+|

Herearesomescalesthatworkoverdominant7thchords:

|GMixolydian|GPhrygianDominant|
|1(2)3(4)|5(6)b71|1(b2)3(4)|5(b6)b71|
|GABC|DEFG|GAbBC|DEbFG|
G|||||||
D||235|||35||
A|23|5||23|56||
E|35|||34|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

|GLydianDominant|GMajorPentatonic|
|1(2)3(#4)|5(6)b71|1(2)35(6)1|
|GABC#|DEFG|GABD|EG|
G|||||||
D||235|||25||
A|24|5||25|||
E|35|||35|||
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

NoticehowtheMajorPentatonicScaleworksoverbothMajor7andDominant7.
ThatisbecausetheMajorPentatonicScaledoesnothaveanykindof7.
It'snotreallythebestscaletouse...butitdoeswork.

IHopethattheinformationcoveredinthistabhasbeenuefull.
Thistabonlycoversthemostbasicexamplesofchord/scaletheory.
Thistheorycanbecomeveryelaborate/complicated.
Asdenseasitis,itisaveryusefulltooltohaveinyourmusicalkit.

Hopefullythisexplainsanyunansweredquestionsfrommyothertab.
Maybenowyoucangobackandgothroughmyotherchord/scaletheorytab,
andmakesomesenseofit.
PleaseMessagemeforanyquestions.

Thanks,
Just3boyz

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