[Tips for improving bass] Efficient 2-octave major scale practice!

In order to play the bass as you wish, you need to acquire the skills to play smoothly in all ranges of the instrument.A two-octave scale exercise is an efficient way to learn the technique.

In the book CONCEPTS OF BASS SOLOING, the primary purpose of scale practice is "to acquire the feeling of being able to play smoothly and freely in the entire range of your instrument."The bass line that the electric bass is in charge of is also a kind of melody.A melody is generally a series of pieces of scale sound that are joined together.If you can play the scale well, you will be able to play the baseline well..

It seems that scale practice is usually done in one octave,If you practice in 2 octaves, you can practice 7 mode scales at once...For example, the two octave scale of the C major scale includes seven mode scales: C Ionian, D Dorian, E Frisian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian, and B Locrian. If you practice the 2-octave C major scale (C ionian), you can practice these 2 mode scales at the same time.

A typical bass range is about 3 octaves, soIf you practice in 2 octaves, you can practice using almost all positions from low position to high position at once...It is efficient to practice the scale in XNUMX octaves.