If you could make blank tabs (with a tab and notation section, hopefully) in the future, that would be fantastic. Nonetheless, loved the stuff man. Great for anyone on the go.

I really need this!
Shame I cant understand any of it apart from the fretboard notes


Maybe some sort of key or instructions on how to use patterns etc - For the theory noobs :thumb:

[QUOTE=Skit]I really need this!
Shame I cant understand any of it apart from the fretboard notes


Maybe some sort of key or instructions on how to use patterns etc - For the theory noobs :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Someone answered that four posts above, just have a look :)

[QUOTE=Damrod]Someone answered that four posts above, just have a look :)[/QUOTE]

I dont understand the whole grind thing, do I hit all 3 X's at once then?

:confused:

No, not directly. Scales are tools for bass line creation. They show a pattern to show the bassist what notes go with what other notes (means, what notes sound good together)

Every X in a scale pattern in the linked PDF shows one note that can be played with another marked by an X. The R displays the Root note that defines the Scale (for example C Major).

The patterns in the PDF show two scale possibilitys on the fret board. You could basically say, two octaves of one scale. Basically, notes from the lower scale work with the one from the upper scale, and vice versa. Good for octave work.

Hope that cleared it up a bit. If not, don't hesitate to ask.

NOTE: I based this on the 5-String version!

[QUOTE=Damrod]No, not directly. Scales are tools for bass line creation. They show a pattern to show the bassist what notes go with what other notes (means, what notes sound good together)

Every X in a scale pattern in the linked PDF shows one note that can be played with another marked by an X. The R displays the Root note that defines the Scale (for example C Major).

The patterns in the PDF show two scale possibilitys on the fret board. You could basically say, two octaves of one scale. Basically, notes from the lower scale work with the one from the upper scale, and vice versa. Good for octave work.

Hope that cleared it up a bit. If not, don't hesitate to ask.

NOTE: I based this on the 5-String version![/QUOTE]

This is very frustrating for me, I want to advance my bass playing but I can only read tab (I dont use it much now) and all this theory is completely alien to me, I'd love to learn chords and how to read sheet music etc :upset:

I understand what your saying about the scale patterns but I dont understand the patterns that "two scale possibilitys on the fret board" I dont understand what you mean by that..

(Im using the 4 string pdf by the way ;) )

[QUOTE=Skit]This is very frustrating for me, I want to advance my bass playing but I can only read tab (I dont use it much now) and all this theory is completely alien to me, I'd love to learn chords and how to read sheet music etc :upset:

I understand what your saying about the scale patterns but I dont understand the patterns that "two scale possibilitys on the fret board" I dont understand what you mean by that..

(Im using the 4 string pdf by the way ;) )[/QUOTE]

I think these two articles can help there. At least they helped me a lot when I first started to venture into the land of scales :)

[url]http://www.cyberfretbass.com/theory/major-scales/index.php[/url]
[url]http://www.cyberfretbass.com/theory/chord-construction/basic/index.php[/url]

I think that can explain it better than I could

Wow
 

I wish i would have found something this great when I was learning this stuff!

Holy Crap! This is awesome! Thankyou very much! :D

Im gonna skip the whole typical forum introduction where I aimlessly say Im new, as you can already tell by my 1 digit number of posts.

[QUOTE=wwjd388]o, 1 question about it. the first space on the scales? is that 1st fret or open?[/QUOTE]

No one seems to have answered you. Those scales arent meant to be played in any particular frett or note at all. They are patterns to be used anywhere on the neck. No matter where you play them, all the notes will be in the key of the root note. Thats why its important that when you learn those patterns you MUST remember where the root note will be. That way you can use them to their full potential, and if someone tells you to play something in the key of a note, you can use those patterns to know where the right notes will be for that key.

Very nice job on the bass cheat sheet.

I love you.


In the straigthest way possible.

im new, and i have a question, how do u read the patterns, i understand everything but the patterns, the "X"s, i dont get what they mean or anything, if u could help that'd be great

[QUOTE=FenderJazz]Im gonna skip the whole typical forum introduction where I aimlessly say Im new, as you can already tell by my 1 digit number of posts.



No one seems to have answered you. Those scales arent meant to be played in any particular frett or note at all. They are patterns to be used anywhere on the neck. No matter where you play them, all the notes will be in the key of the root note. Thats why its important that when you learn those patterns you MUST remember where the root note will be. That way you can use them to their full potential, and if someone tells you to play something in the key of a note, you can use those patterns to know where the right notes will be for that key.

Very nice job on the bass cheat sheet.[/QUOTE]
AH.... so thats how it works... THANK YOU! i cant believe this thread is still around, this was from so long ago!

brilliant sheet and excerlent tab

What do I open Abode or the cheat sheat with?

lol still here... is there a guitar version of this?

[QUOTE=i like arab girls]What do I open Abode or the cheat sheat with?[/QUOTE]

Adobe is a program which will open the cheat sheet. You don't need anything to open Adobe with.

BUMP


This is such a good thing. Everyone should have a copy of this on their walls :D

This is awesome, thanks a lot man, this'll help me a lot.

I wish I knew how to edit PDF files.

Until then...

**waits for 6-string version**

when i saw the title i thought, great some guys copied the last page of a begginer method book.......but this is actually, really, really, really, really good, ive already wasted half my ink printing out multiple copies

nice job man :thumb:

Awesome dude I'm gonna book mark this thread very useful

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass]I wish I knew how to edit PDF files.

Until then...

**waits for 6-string version**[/QUOTE]
give me you're email, i will send you the excel file. :thumb:

[QUOTE=jamesr]give me you're email, i will send you the excel file. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

[email]Funkmetalbass@cheatcc.com[/email]

i've defintely needed this for quite some time, thanks a lot man

This is pretty freakin awesome

Thanks. Very helpful.

This is very awesome, thanks a bunch!

Great job! Thanx!:thumb:

I dont understand the harmonic thing, or how to create the chords. Can someone help me out? Thanks