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Summary: Scales are played in a very similar way to scales on the bass guitar. Learn how to improve your upright bass playing skills in this acoustic bass lesson from an expert bass player.
Shane Allessio lives in Boston, where he studies classical/jazz music, and gigs at night with local jazz, R&B, and rock groups. He has been musical since childhood. At the age of...read more
"In this video I'll be demonstrating the fingering for a D-major scale and arpeggio. So you start with a open D string, first finger on E, fourth finger on F-sharp, open G string, first finger on A, fourth finger on B, and then you shift with your second finger on C-sharp, it's the same note as D-flat, and fourth finger on D. For the arpeggio you use the same fingering but with the proper notes. Fourth finger, first finger, shift."