Essential Music Theory For Electric Bass

This book is designed to help guide a beginning music theory dialogue between instructor and student in private one-on-one lessons. Six areas of beginning music theory are covered. The major scale, the natural minor scale, intervals, triads, seventh chords and harmonized major and minor scales. Fingerings, intervallic structures and note names are also diagrammed in each chapter.It is highly recommended that this book is used in the course of study with a professional bass instructor, though many players have found the book to be useful in self-study. A good bass teacher will help explain and demonstrate theory concepts in a live setting and also shed additional light interms of alternate fingerings, ear training and gaining full technical mastery of theory concepts across the entire fingerboard.

CONTENTS

• Diagram of Page Layoutÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Notes of the Staffÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Notes of the Neckÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Tuningÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Cycle of Fifthsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Oneÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Major Scaleÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• The Whole Step - Half Step Relationshipÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Reviewÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Twoÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Natural Minor Scaleÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Shifting Technique for Major and Minor Scalesÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Threeÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Intervalsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Alphabetical Spelling - Intervalsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Fourÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Triads - Chord Structureÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Alphabetical Spellings: Chordsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Fiveÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Seventh Chordsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Table of Triads & 7th Chordsÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chapter Sixÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chords of the Major and Minor Scaleÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Chord Formulaÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
• Ear Trainingÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ