Do You Know the Major Pentatonic Box Shape on the Bass? (No.164)

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In this video I show you how you can play the major pentatonic scale over the whole bass guitar fretboard.

The best way to learn scales on the bass guitar is to:
1. First learn the note of the scale
2. Memorise the shape of the scale
3. Use this shape as building blocks

If you can memorise a shape for basic notes in a scale, you can then use this shape to play the scale over the whole bass fretboard. The notes of the major pentatonic scale make what is known as the 'box shape' and that is what I show you in this video lesson.

The scale shapes and exercises in this lesson will help you to open up the whole of the bass fretboard and also help you to practice playing smoothly on the bass which leads to more efficient and faster bass playing.

This bass video tutorial is suitable for absolute beginner bass players through to intermediate bassists.

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Timestamp:
0:00 - Do You Know the Major Pentatonic Box Shape on the Bass?
0:45 - Shape 1: G Major Pentatonic Scale For Bass Players
1:24 - Boogie Blues bass line
2:06 - Moving Pentatonic Shape 1 around the bass
3:24 - Shape 2: G Major Pentatonic Scale For Bass Players
4:54 - Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd for bass
6:07 - Moving Pentatonic Shape 2 around the bass
7:48 - Playing the Pentatonic scale over the whole fretboard

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