The 5 Golden Rules of Bass rule #4 Major and Minor Pentatonics freeware ||Bm / / / |A / / / |G / / / |F# / / / ||
B Minor Pent A Major Pent G Major Pent F# Major Pent
Pentaonic Phrases Rules
try not to use all of the notes
Major 1 2 3 5 6
#1 first note must be the root
#2 you may use a b3 then follow with a 2 or a 3
Minor 1 b3 4 5 b7
#2 you may use b5 then follow with a 4 or a 5
here are the patterns I'm using here
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apply rule #1, rule #2 and rule #3
download Major keys for bass pdf
to find out how to spell each chord
the key to use for the Bm A & G is D Major Scale
the F# could be seen as from B Major
rule #4 generate more pentatonic phrases and memorize them
Minor Pent. 1 b5 5 b7 b5 5 b7
Major Pent. 1 1 2 b3 3 5 3 5
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