Bass Lessons - Major Scale Lesson bass tab

I'm tired of making music tabs so I thought I'd perhaps share with

you guys some music theory. For this "lesson", I'll be explaining

the pattern for a music scale. As you already know, a scale is a

selection of notes within an octave. There are different kinds of

scales (major, minor, etc.), but I'll be discussing the major

scales right now. A major scale is constructed with the following

pattern:

W - W - H - W - W - W - H

W: whole step

H: half step

You can pretty much build any MAJOR scale using that pattern.

Some examples...

C Major scale.

C D E F G A B C

G:------------------2--4--5---

D:---------2--3--5------------

A:---3--5---------------------

E:----------------------------

As you can see...

C: root

D: whole step from C

E: whole step from D

F: half step from E

G: whole step from F

A: whole step from G

B: whole step from A

C: half step from C

Next, we will try an Eb Major scale.

Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb

G:------------------5--7--8---

D:---------5--6--8------------

A:---6--8---------------------

E:----------------------------

Again...

Eb: root

F: whole step

G: whole step

Ab: half step

Bb: whole step

C: whole step

D: whole step

Eb: half step

Lastly, a D Major scale.

D E F# G A B C# D

G:------------------4--6--7---

D:---------4--5--7------------

A:---5--7---------------------

E:----------------------------

Yeah, you got it.

D: root

E: whole step

F#: whole step

G: half step

A: whole step

B: whole step

C#: whole step

D: half step

And that's it...