i am working on the minor and major scales at the mo but i have some probs with my bass but it will be up and running soon. but i cannot get the number thing its confusing.but i will try thanks for locking in man i appreciate it.
Okay, here's the number thing. You'll get this, since you are working on scales.
Let's look at the Db Major scale. If you wrote out the notes in the scale sequentially, it would look like this....
1 = Db (1 is also called the Root Note)
2 = Eb
3 = F
4 = Gb
5 = Ab
6 = Bb
7 = C
8 = Db (8 is also called the Octave)
Now, if someone told you that a song was in Db and it was a 4-5-1 progression, you would find yourself playing Gb-Ab-Db a lot. Because Gb is the 4th note in the scale, Ab is the 5th, and Db is the 1st. Now, if they told you that the turnaround is 6-3-2-5-1, you'd play Bb-F-Eb-Ab-Db. You can build this same type of a pattern off of ANY scale. Suppose that instead of Db, your band decides to do the song in Ab. Then
1= Ab
2= Bb
3= C
4= Db
5= Eb
6= F
7= G
8= Ab
Your 4-5-1 is now Db-Eb-Ab. Your 6-3-2-5-1 is now F-C-Bb-Eb-Ab
Now, just for grins, see if you can lay out the scale and the 4-5-1 and the 6-3-2-5-1 for a C Major scale.
You may notice something really cool about your instrument. The fingering for 4-5-1 is the same no matter what key you're doing it in. Just instead of starting it on Gb, like you would for a Db Major scale, you start it on Db for an Ab Major scale.
Piece o' cake, right?
Hope that helped,
James
