This comprehensive bass book is designed as a learning, reference, or practice tool to help you explore new scales and shapes, enhancing your songwriting, improvisation, and practice routines.
Starting with simple scales like the Minor Pentatonic and progressing to more complex ones such as the Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor, this book is ideal for all skill levels. Use it as a reference for scale shapes or dive deeper to improve your knowledge and technique-everything you need to become the ultimate bass player! With numerous practice examples in tab notation, you'll have all the guidance you need to master each scale and mode.
Includes Downloadable or Streamable Video for Every Exercise!
Each exercise is accompanied by high-quality downloadable or streamable video, ensuring you can follow along and master the techniques. Additionally, downloadable MP3 audio is available for every exercise, which you can access for free on my website (link provided in the book).Authored by Karl Golden
Written by Karl Golden, a professional guitarist with over 10 years of experience and a major influencer in the YouTube music community, with over 48 million views on his content.
Over 50 Practice Exercises
More than 50 fully notated exercises to help you learn and master scales and modes, giving you the tools to play with confidence.
30 Scales and Modes to Explore (Movable to all 12 Keys!)
- Major Scale
- Dorian Mode
- Phrygian Mode
- Lydian Mode
- Mixolydian Mode
- Aeolian Mode
- Locrian Mode
- Chromatic Scale
- Minor Pentatonic Scale
- Major Pentatonic Scale
- Blues Scale
- Harmonic Minor Scale
- Locrian Natural Six Mode
- Ionian Sharp Five Mode
- Dorian Sharp Four Mode
- Phrygian Dominant Mode
- Lydian Sharp Two Mode
- Super Locrian Mode
- Melodic Minor Mode
- Dorian Flat Two Mode
- Lydian Augmented Mode
- Lydian Flat Seven Mode
- Mixolydian Flat Six Mode
- Locrian Sharp Two Mode
- Altered Scale
- Whole-Half Diminished Scale
- Half-Whole Diminished Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
Book Updates
- Removed the practice diary and blank tablature from the back, but both can still be downloaded for free as printable PDFs from my website.
- Added more detailed scale and mode information, including scale diagrams and a table of formulas by scale size, enhancing your understanding of key concepts.
- Downloadable or streamable video files are available for all exercises, ensuring you have everything you need to learn effectively.
- Updated spine with clear book information for easy identification on your bookshelf.