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4 String Bass Standard

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4 String Bass Standard

all you need to learn the bass guitar

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Dragan David Lucian
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Standard Bass Fretboard

Scale
Moveable Bass patterns:
chord forms:
E A D G
0 0
F A #
D #
G #

1 1
F#
B E A
2 2
G C F A#

3 3
major G #
C #
F# B major
4 4
A D G C
5 5
A #
D #
G #
C #

6 6
B E A D
7 7
C F A# D# natural
minor 8 8 minor
C# F# B E
9 9
D G C F
10 10
D# G# C# F#
11 11
E A D G
augmented 12 12 harmonic
F A# D #
G# minor
13 13
F# B E A
14 14
G C F A#

15 15
G# C# F# B
16 16
diminished A D G C blues
17 17
A# D# G# C#
18 18
B E A D
19 19
C F A # D #

20 20
C #
F#
B E
major 7 minor
21 21 pentatonic
D G C F
22 22
D# G# C# F#
23 23
E A D G
24 24

major
pentatonic
copyright 2014 Patrick Anders
Building a Major Scale: W-W-H-W-W-W-H
Order of Sharps: F# • C# • G# • D# • A# • E# • B#
Building a minor Scale: W-H-W-W-H-W-W
Order of Flats: Bb • Eb • Ab • Db • Gb • Cb • Fb The relative minor begins of the 6th note of a major scale

KEY BUILDER Key of: C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#


F CHORD FORMULAS:
Ab Eb Bb
Major Triad 1-3-5
I Tonic Major C G D A E B F# C# Ab Eb Bb F
II Super Tonic Minor D A E B F# C# G# D# Bb F C G
Minor Triad 1-b3-5
III Mediant Minor E B F# C# G# D# A# E# C G D A Diminished Triad 1-b3-b5
IV Subdominant Major F C G D A E B F# Db Ab Eb Bb
Augmented Triad 1-3-#5
V Dominant Major G D A E B F# C# G# Eb Bb F C
VI Submediant Minor A E B F# C# G# D# A# F C G D Major 7 1-3-5-7
VII Leading Tone Diminished B F# C# G# D# A# E# B# G D A E Minor 7 1-b3-5-b7
I Tonic Major C G D A E B F# C# Ab Eb Bb F
Dominant 7 1-3-5-b7
Half Diminished 7 1-b3-b5-b7
Common Chord Progressions: Diminished 7 1-b3-b5-bb7
I-IV-V i-III-IV-VI I-V-VI-IV
Augmented 7 1-3-#5-b7
I-I-IV-VI IV-V-IV VI-V-IV-V
I-VI-IV-V ii-V-I VI-IV-I-V Suspended 4 1-4-5-b7
I-IV-I-V 12 Bar Blues: I-I-I-I IV-IV-I-I V-IV-I-V minor/Major 7 1-b3-5-7

KEY FINDING TIPS: Sharp Keys: Take last Sharp and Raise 1/2 step, that’s the key. Flat Keys: Take the 2nd to last flat, that’s the key.

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