Easy Minor Scale Pattern on Bass and Guitar | Tips and Tricks for Memorizing Minor Scales

Use the major scale to learn and understand the minor scale. Learn this easy pattern on bass or guitar using a simple fingering chart, but understand it on a deeper level to set yourself up to easily learn other scales. When you are armed with a solid understanding of the major and minor scale pattern using scale degrees you will be able to easily move on to modes and other chord scales!

🎧LESSON INDEX
0:00 Intro
0:58 The Minor Scale: Why It’s Important
2:28 Natural Minor Scale Pattern
5:54 Understanding the Minor Scale
12:08 Memorizing Your New Scale

📝 LESSON TOPICS:
♪ Learn the fingering pattern for the minor scale on bass or guitar
♪ The natural minor scale is the same as “The Minor Scale”
♪ Major vs. minor tonality
♪ Fretboard examples using A major and A minor scales
♪ Moveable pattern concept
♪ Major scales start with finger 2, minor scales start with finger 1
♪ Side-by-side comparison of major and minor scales
♪ Using scale degrees to think about new scales and create patterns
♪ Thinking about scales in whole steps and half steps
♪ Tips and tricks to memorizing scale patterns

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