The 5 Golden Rules of Bass

rule #4 Major and Minor Pentatonics



||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

#1 first note must be the root

#2 you may use b5 then follow with a 4 or a 5

here are the patterns I'm using here


Your Task:

download the backing track

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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