C Major: Bass Guitar Scales

Video Transcript

"Now we know the whole step and half step pattern whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half is a way of determining a major scale and we know that if we do that with C its all natural notes. So then we know all we have to do is play the natural notes to make a C major scale. So let look at that. Start with C major, on the A string, open D, E on the D string, F, open G, A, B, and then a half step up from their is C. (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C) Now that?s using open strings, because we can. We can also do a movable pattern for this. C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C or third fret, fifth fret, second, third, fifth, second, fourth and fifth. If you assign your first finger to the second finger to the second finger to the third fret then of course your third finger goes to the fourth, your fourth finger for the fifth. This is a movable major pattern."