how to run the scale fast and perfectly and how to identify the note/key played as it sounds.
2007-01-12 16:09:19 · 8 answers · asked by nistep 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Chord structure, scales, and the circle of fifths
2007-01-12 16:12:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 01:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Familiarize yourself with the Chromatic Scale (its the basis of all the other scales). Choose a key as your starting point (I found the key of E to be best since a lot of rock and blues is in that key). When your familiar with the Chromatic Scale in E, you will be able to identify other scales against that (the chromatic scale consists of all the notes in western music--there are only 12 of them before they start repeating an octave higher).
For example, the chromatic scale in E is
E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E
The notes that have two names like F#/Gb or D#/Eb are called enharmonic equivalents since they can go by either name depending on what you are calling the key.
Once you know this scale well, if you hear something, say a C# you will recognize it as being toward the end of your scale. Its not so difficult to narrow down where in your familiar scale it is since you will start to recognize patterns in music that come up all the time.
Finding the chromatic scale on a bass or regular guitar is easy since it starts on the E string and goes to the twelth fret (don't skip any frets).
2007-01-12 16:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The advice on learning scales is sound, but a bass player has to have an absolute lock on the beat - usually the bass player follows the bass drum, but a truly great one has a "built-in metronome" and can maintain the beat without a drummer. I'm a guitarist, but when I took drum lessons my timing vastly improved, so you might want to take some basic drum lessons too - it helped me. Also, never stop learning - you can always learn something new, and always aspire to get better. Good luck!
2007-01-12 17:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mosh beats
2007-01-12 16:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by Stoner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay in rhythm with the band,keep the bottom strong,
stay in time,keep with the program,love your job!
everything else comes naturally
2007-01-12 17:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by 4 strings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
learn the fingerings
2007-01-12 16:12:26 · answer #7 · answered by Distraction 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
learn the fret positions, and practice like hell.
2007-01-12 17:06:15 · answer #8 · answered by squatch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋