The Bass Players Guide to

Scales & Modes

A Step by Step Approach to Mastering the Fretboard
CONTENTS
Introduction

PART 1

Chapter 1 - The C Major Scale

Chapter 2 - The Two Octave C Major Scale
Chapter 3 - The A Natural Minor Scale
Chapter 4 - The Two Octave A Natural Minor Scale
Chapter 5 - The Circle of Fifths
Chapter 6 - Learning More Keys
Chapter 7 - Further Exercises

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PART 2

Chapter 8 - Arpeggios of the Major Scale (Part 1)

Chapter 9 - Arpeggios of the Major Scale (Part 2)
Chapter 10 - The Major Pentatonic Scale
Chapter 11 - The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Chapter 12 - The Blues Scale
Chapter 13 - Further Exercises

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PART 3

Chapter 14 - The Dorian Mode

Chapter 15 - The Phrygian Mode
Chapter 16 - The Lydian Mode
Chapter 17 - The Mixolydian Mode
Chapter 18 - The Aeolian Mode
Chapter 19 - The Locrian Mode

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PART 4

Chapter 20 - The Harmonic Minor Scale

Chapter 21 - Arpeggios of the Harmonic Minor Scale
Chapter 22 - Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale
Chapter 23 - The Melodic Minor Scale
Chapter 24 - Arpeggios of the Melodic Minor Scale
Chapter 25 - Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale
Chapter 26 - The Diminished Scale (Part 1)
Chapter 27 - The Diminished Scale (Part 2)
Chapter 28 - The Whole Tone Scale

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