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C Ionian Scale in Two-Octave Scales & Modes on Bass

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Summary: Play the C Ionian scale in 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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C Ionian Scale in Two-Octave Scales & Modes on Bass

CASEY CORMIER: Okay. Even though we know what the major scale is and we know what it sounds like and now we know the fingering of it, let us look at it in terms of its scale degrees, so we can understand really what the Ionian mode is all about. Ionian mode is really unaltered scale degrees. So, remember, our whole steps and half steps really determine what this is. So, C is our 1st scale degree and the key is C major. C is 1, D is 2. That is regular. E is 3, F is 4, G is 5, A is 6, B is 7. You don not really call 1 the 8, which is just 1 again. One, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1. So, these scale degrees are not altered. Same thing, if we play an E flat and we play that same pattern, we say we are in the key of E flat, we play Ionian this is now our 1 scale degree. So, it is E flat, F is 2, G is 3, A flat is 4, B flat is 5, C is 6, D is 7, E flat is 1 again. One, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1. So, understanding that, we can now start contrasting the other modes with it in terms of scale degrees, where the differences really lie.

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