hi it's Geoff here from discoverdoublebass.com uh i've got a really short lesson for you today
we're only going to be here for a couple of minutes while i demonstrate this scale pattern
that i've been finding really useful i i think just when i warm up i've been playing it a lot
and it helps me to get comfortable moving up and down the g so let's have a look at what this
pattern is essentially we're going to be playing a major scale of one string for this video it'll
just be the g and we're going to play two notes per position so let's start in the key of g g a
so that's the first two notes then we shift b c uh then we shift d e shift f sharp g so quite a
typical fingering for g major scale
now let's move up a semitone a flat this is the new key and we're going to do two notes per position
again moving up we're in the key of a now
and it's a really nice thing to practice because we're moving in and out of thumb
position all the time let's move to b flat b flat c d e flat f g a b flat
now b
and there i wasn't quite right on the top note so b c sharp d sharp e f sharp g sharp
a sharp b and we can reference against the open e to make sure that now it's in tune
c
d flat and then you can move on to d whatever you like you can keep it going all the way up
the fingerboard but what i like to do is to go up one way let me show you what i mean
i'll come down another way so we've gone up g now let's go down a flat now we're going to go up a
now we're going to go down b flat
up b down c
up d flat
down d up e flat down e
so i was kind of rushing through that at the end but it's a great way to practice you're
moving keys all the time so you're having to kind of really think about what the notes are
don't just think about the fingers so if you were practicing this more slowly you would maybe say
the notes g a b c d e f sharp and g and you say it backwards as well g f sharp e d c b a g and then
a flat b flat c d flat e flat f g a flat a flat g f e flat uh d flat c b flat a flat a new key
and then maybe going down the b flat
it's a really simple exercise to understand but i found it really useful
it just gets me used to moving up and down the fingerboard really in and out of thumb position
and the more advanced you get the higher you can start so you could start this
on on the d uh moving up and then wherever you know whichever part of the finger
board you want to work on start higher up and you will obviously move higher quicker
and go through a wider range of keys so i hope you enjoy this exercise go and try on your bass
it's been a really short video but if you do want to learn more from me i've got a whole range of
lessons that you can check out over at discover double bass and i've also got a scales collection
that you can purchase over there it has backing tracks and all the scales all the different keys
with a system of fingering which would help you to learn them so if you're interested go and
check out discoverdoublebass.com thanks for watching and i'll see you next time