Bass Cheat Sheet!!
 

This is the final version of my bass cheat sheet!! It has a lot of new stuff.

4 STRING VERSION
[url]http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/neo/BCS.pdf[/url]

5 STRING VERSION
[url]http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/neo/BCS5.pdf[/url]

Here is a blank tab sheet I also made. You can print out copies, and use them to tab your own music.

[url]http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/neo/Tab.pdf[/url]

Here is the link to download adobe reader if you need it. It is free.

[url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html[/url]

Thanks guys!

nice sheet man i really needed this.

ha ha, I love it.

Man, this is exactly what I need :( You my friend are awesome :thumb:

Thanks Guys!! And if you like it give me some rep points!! I want my stars!

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Thanks, this really helped with my minor scales!!
 

:wave: :wave:

excellent man this is just what i need

repped.

Very impressive :thumb:

Have roughly 430 rep.

No one has helped me this much in a while.

My Applied Major Bass Instructor loves this ahgahha

woah-ho just the ticket, sincere thanks.

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i love it

nice 1

the link is not working for me

[QUOTE=SLManifestoLove]the link is not working for me[/QUOTE]
You probably need adobe reader. Download the latest version, and try it again. :thumb:

Yeah that was the problem. Thank you, it is really helping me!

Hey Jamesr any chance you are going to update this? im not suggesting im just asking if you have any plans.

Wow. Very nice. Though I don't play bass too much anymore, this is definitely worth printing out.

[QUOTE=Naveed Afzal]Hey Jamesr any chance you are going to update this? im not suggesting im just asking if you have any plans.[/QUOTE]
I would like to continue adding simple, must now things. Do you have any ideas?

Well I wrote in dimished,

you could add in the shape of the 2 octave scale on 4 strings

possibly, add in structure for modulations?

thank you for this will help out much

da[color=white]mn[/color] good job ;)

thanks heaps!

Fantastic!!!
You sir have a new seat among the bass gods.
Thanks very much!
Ripper

Upping because its great

nice
 

wow...very nice...i really needed this :D

helps out alot

good job :thumb:

I don't understand how to read it. I'm confused with all the X's and Rs and Bs.

that's awesome, you are a good person

[QUOTE=alienking84]I don't understand how to read it. I'm confused with all the X's and Rs and Bs.[/QUOTE]

me too.

i am also confused on the patterns. like how you read them or use them

the X's are the notes you hit, the B's are what you add to make it a blues scale and the R's are root notes...

EDIT: lol i totally forgot the most important part of my post. you rule dude! the fiver set is SOOOOOOOOO much help!!!!

o, 1 question about it. the first space on the scales? is that 1st fret or open?

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.