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Two-Octave Scales & Modes with C Major on Bass

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Summary: Play C Major an octave up two octave scales and modes on a bass guitar; learn how from our expert bass guitar player in this free music instruction video.

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Two-Octave Scales & Modes with C Major on Bass

CASEY CORMIER: Okay. Now we are going to use the C major two-octave scale in order to really have another idea of how our modes work within a scale or idea, okay? So, just remember C major is the two-octave major with C, D, E, F, G, you can move to G there, A, B, C. Now we can make that triad shapes, C, D, E, F, G, all the way up to C here, okay? So, quickly, C, D, E, F [HUMMING] that is a quick shorthand fingering. The important is what we are going to do now. That was an Ionian. This would be an Ionian scale in one octave. Now within that, we got the Dorian scale. Okay? Starting on D, playing the same notes, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, we have the Dorian mode. E starting here. Notice how that is all within the scale; it is all within the two octaves of the C major scale, just in a different pattern when we go in octave. F. Okay? That is a Lydian. G, that is Mixolydian. All of these are related to each other too; they are all the same key. A minor is Locrian, relative minor, or an octave or [INDISCERNIBLE] removable form. Now the B Locrian, and then finally C Ionian again an octave up. So you notice all these had natural notes. It was all about the order and where it starts and where it ends that really determines which mode you are using.

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