One Bass Guitar Scale You Must Know | Major Pentatonic Scale (Tutorial)

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Hey everyone - today we are going to work on learning the major pentatonic scale. The major pentatonic scale is an old and trusted mainstay of music around the world. With only 5 notes in the scale I think it is a great thing to teach new bassists and is something that can get you playing as soon as possible.
We will cover:
1. The notes and scale degrees within the scale
2. Some different practice techniques I use to practice it
3. Improvising and freestyling with the scale
4. Writing bass lines with the scale
As I mention in all of my videos, improvising and writing are two of the most important elements of being a bass player. I really aim to leave you with ways you can add those things into your playing , while incorporating these new exercises and scales.
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Thanks everyone, hope you have a great week!

[@ordinaryrider818]

Great lesson, Carmine. Thank you!
Looking forward to the Minor Pentatonic!

[@carmeeno]

Thanks for watching! I appreciate you - minor pentatonic should be coming in next couple of weeks 🙏🏼

[@bassmonster3000]

Good lessons bro! Very easy to follow and very informative

[@carmeeno]

Thank you for watching and thanks for the feedback! Trying to keep everything simple and helpful - appreciate ya 🙏🏼

[@TheShift2]

Learned more about bass today. Thanks Carm

[@carmeeno]

So happy to hear that man - what kinda bass did you get yourself?

[@TheShift2]

⁠@@carmeenoI mean I learned more. Didn’t quite get a bass guitar yet unfortunately

[@carmeeno]

@TheShift2 that’s ok brother you will get one soon

[@Savario-ny5gu]

My fav scale no lie 😂😂

[@carmeeno]

It’s up there for me too

[@ccastillo36540]

Hey great video on M pentatonic ill definitely put in to practice. One question since I'm new to bass not sure how to use scale degrees is there a difference with intervals

[@carmeeno]

Thanks for watching - glad you got something from it! Can you specify your question a bit - I don't think I fully understand - lmk, I would love to help

[@ccastillo36540]

@@carmeeno I guess my question is. What's the difference between scale degrees and intervals?

[@carmeeno]

@@ccastillo36540 ahh gotcha - I look at an Interval as the distance or harmonic relationship between two notes, and a scale degree being a note in relation to the key or root note of that scale. So there is a way you could look at them as the same thing, not too different from one another but if Im looking at it like "Im playing an A Major Pentatonic Scale" I'm thinking of A as the Root note or 1 - B as the second scale degree or 2 - and C# as the third scale degree or 3 - as an interval that C# would be called a Major 3rd. Does that make sense?

[@ccastillo36540]

I see what you're saying it makes sense I.
Guess an interval is something you could do up-and-down the whole neck and a degree is something you could use within the scale. More or less

[@carmeeno]

@@ccastillo36540 definitely- the scale degrees can be looked at pertaining to the specific scale - and even tho both can be moved around to fit any scale or key or chord etc. interval specifies a particular harmony where scale degree just means what degree away from the root note of the scale it is

[@mohamedabdul1544]

Thanks very helpful ❤🍺🇵🇷✊🏼🤘🏼🤫

[@carmeeno]

Absolutely thanks for stopping by and watching