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The Ultimate Guide To The
Modes Of The Major Scale
For Bass
Well, funnily enough, it all comes down to chords. You see, you can actually make chords from
the major scale! Let’s use G major as an example. If you play the 1st note of the G Major Scale,
G, skip one (the A), then play the B, skip another (the C this time) and play the D, you’re left with
G-B-D. These three notes together make a G Major chord. If you were to go one step further
G-B-D.
after the D, you’d skip the E and play an F#. This would give you a G Major 7 chord.
This makes sense, right? You can probably make a G major chord from a G major scale. But did
you know that you can make a whole host of others as well? If you follow the same pattern, but
start on every other note of the G major scale, you end up with this:
This is almost like the ‘Chordal Universe’ of G Major. All of these chords come from the key of G!
You’ll notice that there are 7 of them, in the same way that there are 7 notes in the scale, and 7
different modes of the major scale.
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This knowledge can be a game-changer for your playing – it has the potential to take it
to the next level. How? Well when you understand this, it becomes easy to create
bass lines, fills or even solos using these modes.
It takes all of the guesswork out and almost guarantees that you won’t play any wrong
notes (as long as you stick to the modes). Let’s say for example, that you’re playing a
song in the key of C major. The chords in this song are C major, A minor, F major and
G major.
|C |Am |F |G |
Using your knowledge of the modes, you can know exactly what’s going to sound the
best over these chords. In the key of C:
If you have any questions about anything you’ve seen in this guide or in the video
lessons, let me know and I’d be happy to help you out. The best way to reach me is
through email – becomeabassist@gmail.com
Good luck with working on your modes – I’ll talk to you soon.
Cheers,