Jazzhacker Scales and Modes for 4-String Bass (Standard Tuning, EADG) Jeffrey Williams SAMPLE EBOOK Please feel free to share this 38-page sample ebook with all other musicians and music students! Note that the full ebooks include 196 pages, featuring 192 full-page illustrations of 16 scales and modes in all 12 keys; see Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Thanks for respecting the hard work of the author. Copyright 2004-2012 Jazzhacker Ebooks, All rights reserved Cover photo courtesy Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG Thanks to Rita Toews (yourebookcover.com) for implementing my cover design. (The ISBN of the full Jazzhacker Scales and Modes for 4-String Bass ebook is 978-0-9887464-1-1)
Table of Contents Introduction About the Author The Jazzhacker Format Jazzhacker Scales and Modes Notes on the Fingerboard Scales and Modes in C Scales and Modes in C# (Db) Scales and Modes in D Scales and Modes in D# (Eb) Scales and Modes in E Scales and Modes in F Scales and Modes in F# (Gb) Scales and Modes in G Scales and Modes in G# (Ab) Scales and Modes in A Scales and Modes in A# (Bb) Scales and Modes in B Jazzhacker Ebooks Jazzhacker Scales and Modes for 4-String Bass Jeff(rey) Williams Introduction This music practice, study, and reference guide decodes 16 of the most useful and popular scales and modes, in all 12 keys of Occidental music, so it is applicable to any and all genres of Western music: Classical, jazz, fusion, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, funk, reggae, Latin, rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, pop, rock, rock n roll, punk, metal, rockabilly, gospel, country, country/western - and beyond! Scales and modes are crucial building blocks of music, and your favorite music can be found within these scales and modes. The Jazzhacker format displays an entire fingerboard with position markers (i.e., frets, or the point of correct intonation on fretless instruments) and note names and intervals, along with scale and mode names and formulas, all at a glance. The big, bold, easy-to-read illustrations may be used with all fretted and fretless acoustic or electric guitars and basses. Teachers can build courses around Jazzhacker Ebooks or use them to supplement any other teaching, and players and students can browse and explore at their own pace. Please visit Jazzhacker.net for auxiliary study material, PDF ebooks, and info about related paper books and apps. About the Author Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, I am a technologist and amateur bass player, living (at the time of this writing ;) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The Jazzhacker project resulted from my efforts to increase my own understanding of scales and modes and (strangely enough ) benefited from design skills cultivated during my years of work as an embedded software engineer. I m also gaining a bit of expertise in regards to ebook and app design, production, and marketing, so if you are an author or musician developing ideas for ebooks or apps and would like to partner with me and my crew, please contact me via Jazzhacker.net. Best wishes in all of your musical endeavors! PEACE Jeff(rey) Williams November 2012
The Jazzhacker Format Leveraging upon the geometric design of the fingerboard of most stringed instruments, the proprietary Jazzhacker format essentially divides the fingerboard into upper and lower halves, at the octave, and combines the physical locations of all notes of a scale or mode with the note names and their interval values (i.e., their harmonic distances from the root). The scale or mode name and formula is at the top of the page; it indicates the intervals (i.e., the harmonic distance from the root) of the chromatic notes included in the particular scale or mode. The labels (Open), (0 / 12), and 1 / 13 through 12 / 24 are position markers (i.e., frets, or the point of correct intonation on fretless instruments) and represent open strings or frets 0 or 12, 1 or 13, 12 or 24, etc, up to 24 frets (i.e., two octaves). A 0 fret (if present on an instrument) is equivalent to (Open), and the same notes (an octave apart) are present at all position markers (because the notes on the fingerboard repeat starting at the octave). The roots and their octaves are in circles (interval 1/8) and the other notes of the scale or mode are in squares, with their intervals (2nd, flatted 3rd, 3rd, 4th, sharped 4th, 5th, etc) next to them, according to the scale or mode formula. The notes also form patterns on the fingerboard, and these patterns will become familiar - graphically, tactilely and audibly - as you study and practice them. During scale or mode practice, a musician will typically play from a root to the next octave, following the sequence indicated by the scale formula. However, a musician may want to extend this at times by playing all the scale notes under a particular finger position, beyond the bounds of the current scale (or mode), or perhaps shift and play the scale (or mode) beginning at another root, up to two octaves away. These practice techniques are easily accommodated with the Jazzhacker format. Jazzhacker Scales and Modes This section presents a bit of music theory to set the context for scale and mode study. To explore this subject matter further, please check out any music theory publication or website; there are lots of great ones available. Scales and modes are derived from the 12-note chromatic scale that forms the basis of most Occidental (i.e., Western) music. The chromatic scale consists of 8 natural and 4 accidental notes. Accidentals occur between some of the naturals. Any accidental may be rendered as flat (½ step lower in pitch than the next higher natural) or as sharp (½ step higher than the next lower natural). Accidentals are thus enharmonic, e.g., a sharped 4 th is identical in pitch to a flatted 5 th, a sharped 5 th is identical in pitch to a flatted 6 th, etc. The 16 scales and modes decoded in this study guide are (in order): Major (Ionian Mode), Natural Minor (Aeolian Mode), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian, Harmonic Minor, Melodic (Jazz) Minor, Lydian Flat-Seven, Whole-Tone, Diminished (Whole-Half), Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Blues and Blues with Major 3 rd. These are among the most useful and popular scales and modes for all genres of music. This study guide uses the symbol b to indicate flatted notes or intervals and the symbol # to indicate sharped notes or intervals. Accidentals are rendered as flats if the scale includes a flatted 3 rd and as sharps (#4 and #5 only) if the scale does not include a flatted 3 rd ; all other accidentals are rendered as flats. (This is merely the personal preference of the author; as a musician, you could encounter accidentals rendered as (or described as) sharps or flats in any context and you should be prepared to handle them.) - Jeff(rey)
Notes on the Fingerboard
Scales and Modes in C
Scales and Modes in C# (Db)
Scales and Modes in D Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in D# (Eb) Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in E Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in F Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in F# (Gb) Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in G Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in G# (Ab) Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in A Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in A# (Bb) Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store. Scales and Modes in B Omitted from this 37-page sample ebook! Please see the 196-page full ebook at Jazzhacker.net or your favorite ebook store.