This lesson covers the most basic building blocks of music and music theory: Intervals. This first part covers semitones, tones and intervals of the major scale. It also has a look at the construction of the Major scale. This is all shown with reference to the bass guitar neck.
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Other Music Theory For Bass Guitar lessons can be found below:
Lesson 2 – Intervals part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGx0Q1scC24
Lesson 3 – Intervals part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMROo3Ihks
Lesson 4 – Scale Degrees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbEeCcHml1s
Lesson 5 – Key Signatures & Cycle of Fourths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v234Bm_3zYc
Lesson 6 – Minor Scales & Keys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhfXbXUq4wo
Lesson 7 – Triads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ADNGM2LJ0
Lesson 8 – Seventh Chords: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26_p2fsgjA
Lesson 9 – Extensions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RGx5qaYrC0
Lesson 10 – Altered Extensions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRxVcHp28s
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