Two-Octave Scales & Modes on Bass

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CASEY CORMIER: So earlier on, we looked at major scales and minor scales within a one-octave form, even like the diminished scale too, in a one-octave form. Now we are going to have to look, and--oh, we looked at arpeggios and things like that. Everything that we looked at before, basically, was within our octave. That was only because we are trying to create a moveable structure that was in one position. Now we are going to look at two-octave scales. But to do that, since we only have 4 strings on the bass, we are going to end up changing positions. So we are going to learn how to move our hand properly when we are playing in different ways. We will look at moveable forms but everything is going to be really based on intervals at this point. Speaking of that, we will also be talking about the modes. There are seven modes and two of which we are already familiar with without knowing, the Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. The Ionian mode is basically our major scale and the Aeolian mode is our natural minor scale. All these other modes in between are major and minor scales as well with different intervals and different notes. These will be important in playing advanced types of music such as jazz or classical, really creating forms of understanding what you are playing theoretically.

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