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Pitch Names of a D Major Scale on a Bass Guitar

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Summary: Knowing the pitch names and note values of a jazz bass D major scale help to understand the scale on a bass guitar; learn more from our professional bass guitar player and composer in this free music instruction video.

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Pitch Names of a D Major Scale on a Bass Guitar

RYAN LARSON: Now we're going to take a look how the tab is actually written out on the bass. So if we take a look here, we have our tab. Top string down to our low string, 1, 2, 3, 4, right? This is our low string. Remember, we started on our 2nd string and we had open, 2nd fret, 4th fret, open, 2nd fret, 4th fret, and then we went to the 6th fret and the 7th fret to finish it. So you can write that down at home, 0-2-4, 0-2-4-6-7, and then if we go down the scale, we have 4-2-0, 3-2-0, and now let's get our degrees beneath it. And then each one of those notes has a name. So we have D, which is open here, our D scale, right? This is where we start for our D. So we have D, then our 2 is an E, our 4th fret here is an F sharp, and our open fret on the top string is our G, our 2nd fret is our A, and our 4th fret is our B, then our 6th fret will be a C sharp, and our 7th fret is the D again. And if we go down, we can get the numbers that way too. But the most thing is remember 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, and you can just go up the alphabet. You don't have to worry about the sharps or flats. So you got D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D. So 1-2-3-4-5-6-7, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. So you can write that down at home and really get those seven notes under your fingers on the keyboard--1, 2--or on the bass fretboard. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1, and you'll be moving around on the bass in no time.

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