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EADG 4 | by John Falstrom | Theory Textbook for the Bass Guitar |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One
Page
Musical Terms for the Bass Guitar
1
Musical Alphabet
4
The Steps between the Natural Notes
5
The Fretboard of the Four String Bass Guitar
6
The Finger Patterns
7
The Major Scales (Keys)
9
Major Chords
11
The Major Scales (Keys) and their Basic Chord(s)
12
Note Relationship to Root - Major Scales
14
Notes below the Root - Major Scales
15
Notes above the Octave - Major Scales
16
The Natural Minor Scales (Keys)
17
Comparing the Natural Minor Scale to the Major Scale
19
Minor Chords
20
The Natural Minor Scales (Keys) and their Basic Chord(s)
21
Note Relationship to Root - Natural Minor Scales
23
Notes below the Root - Natural Minor Scales
24
Notes above the Octave - Natural Minor Scales
25
Circle of Fifths (Keys)
26
Relative Natural Minor Scales (Keys)
26
Key Signatures
27
The Diminished 5th (Augmented 4th) Note
29
The Minor 2nd (Augmented Root) Note
29
Chromatic Analysis
30
Chapter Two
Page
Chords
31
Root Position Chords and Chord Inversions
36
Chord Arpeggios
37
The Chords in Major Keys
54
The Chords in Natural Minor Keys
57
The Chords in Major and Natural Minor Keys
60
The Modal System
61
Seventh Chords in Major Keys
77
Seventh Chords in Natural Minor Keys
79
The Seventh Chords in Major and Natural Minor Keys
81
The Harmonic Minor Scales (Keys)
82
The Chords in Harmonic Minor Keys
84
The Melodic Minor Scales (Keys)
87
The Chords in Melodic Minor Keys
89
Different Ways of Playing the Scales
92
The Chromatic Scale
95
The Pentatonic Scale
97
The Minor Pentatonic Scale
99
Comparing the Pentatonic Scale to the Minor Pentatonic Scale
101
The Whole Tone Scale
102
Techniques for Developing an Original Sound
104
Chapter Three
Page
Harmonics
105
Double Stops
107
Chordal Studies
114
The Standard 12 Bar Blues Form
124
Bass Lines for the Standard 12 Bar Blues Form
125
The 12 Bar Jazz Blues Form
126
The 12 Bar Jazz Blues Form - Popular Song Style
127
The Blues Scale
129
The Blues Scale with added b5th Note
131
How to Practice the Standard 12 Bar Blues Form and the 12 Bar Jazz Blues Forms
134
Chapter Four
Page
The System
135
Technique Exercises
194
The Four String Exercise
197
Practice Schedule
198
Technique Schedule
199