major and minor scales

[aaamastin]

What are the major and minor scales? What is a easy way to figure them?

[Kelz-Da-Basshead]

Torch7 has good videos teaching the basic theory. Cant remember the site off the top of my heat though. Gospelbassline.com I think. he is on here though.

[dhagler]

Torch7 has good videos teaching the basic theory. Cant remember the site off the top of my heat though. Gospelbassline.com I think. he is on here though.

gospelbasslines.com

Thanks, Kelz!

[SavnBass]

StudyBass.com is also a good site.

[Torch7]

http://www.gospelbasslines.com/index.php/60/building-a-major-scale/

http://www.gospelbasslines.com/index.php/62/building-a-minor-scale/

[yep]

So let me see if I have this right; if you have a scale lets say Eb= Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb, and I did 1 4 5 progression and for fun I wanted to do a lil run on the 4 which is Ab, would I just run the Ab scale or is this the place where the Mods come in...Just asking

[Torch7]

So let me see if I have this right; if you have a scale lets say Eb= Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb, and I did 1 4 5 progression and for fun I wanted to do a lil run on the 4 which is Ab, would I just run the Ab scale or is this the place where the Mods come in...Just asking

This scenario is where understanding  Modes would come in.  Also knowing arpeggios,  and  when to play a major or minor pentatonic.

In you example only one note from the Ab scale wouldn't fit in the key of Eb.  THe D would be a Db.  So the Lydidan mode would be all the notes of the Eb scale with the Ab as the tonic.