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Free online electric bass lessons
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A major scale only has 7 different note names. Therefore each degree of the scale is assigned a number from 1 to 7. This number is refereed to as the "scale function". Which is basically just showing how a particular note in the scale relates to the root (1). So in all of the scale positions below you will see a suggested fingering, and to the right you will see the scale functions listed. At the very least you want to know where the root is in the scale form.
Once you have played the 5 forms above, you could just start with the first form again at the 15th fret. This is going to be very important to know once you transpose these scale forms to other keys. |-1-|---|-3-|-4-|
Page 4, Transposing the scale
forms to other keys
Major
scale forms for bass jump zone
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Page 3, Putting together the pieces of the scale puzzle