Moveable

6-String Upright Bass Fretboard Scale

chord forms: patterns:
Bass
B E A D G C
0 0
C F A#
D#
G #
C #

1 1
C # F#
B E A D
2 2
major
D G C F A# D #
major
3 3
D# G# C# F# B E
4 4
E A D G C F
5 5
F A# D# G# C# F#
6 6
F #
B E A D G
minor 7 7 natural
G minor
C F A#
D #
G #

8 8
G# C# F# B E A
9 9
A D G C F A#

10 10
A# D #
G #
C # F#
B
11 11
augmented B E A D G C harmonic
minor
12 12
C F A# D# G# C#
13 13
C #
F#
B E A D
14 14
D G C F A# D#
15 15
D# G# C# F# B E
diminished blues
16 16
E A D G C F
17 17
F A #
D#
G # C #
F#

18 18
F #
B E A D G
19 19
G C F A# D# G #

20 20 minor
major 7 pentatonic
G# C# F# B E A
21 21
A D G C F A #

22 22
A# D# G #
C# F# B
23 23
B E A D G C
24 24
minor 7 D#
G # major
pentatonic
25 25
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 Building a Major Scale: W-W-H-W-W-W-H
Order of Sharps: F# • C# • G# • D# • A# • E# • B#
Building a minor Scale: W-H-W-W-H-W-W
Order of Flats: Bb • Eb • Ab • Db • Gb • Cb • Fb The relative minor begins of the 6th note of a major scale

KEY BUILDER Key of: C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#

F CHORD FORMULAS:
Ab Eb Bb
Major Triad 1-3-5
I Tonic Major C G D A E B F# C# Ab Eb Bb F
II Super Tonic Minor D A E B F# C# G# D# Bb F C G
Minor Triad 1-b3-5
III Mediant Minor E B F# C# G# D# A# E# C G D A Diminished Triad 1-b3-b5
IV Subdominant Major F C G D A E B F# Db Ab Eb Bb
Augmented Triad 1-3-#5
V Dominant Major G D A E B F# C# G# Eb Bb F C
VI Submediant Minor A E B F# C# G# D# A# F C G D Major 7 1-3-5-7
VII Leading Tone Diminished B F# C# G# D# A# E# B# G D A E Minor 7 1-b3-5-b7
I Tonic Major C G D A E B F# C# Ab Eb Bb F
Dominant 7 1-3-5-b7
Half Diminished 7 1-b3-b5-b7
Common Chord Progressions: Diminished 7 1-b3-b5-bb7
I-IV-V i-III-IV-VI I-V-VI-IV
Augmented 7 1-3-#5-b7
I-I-IV-VI IV-V-IV VI-V-IV-V
I-VI-IV-V ii-V-I VI-IV-I-V Suspended 4 1-4-5-b7
I-IV-I-V 12 Bar Blues: I-I-I-I IV-IV-I-I V-IV-I-V minor/Major 7 1-b3-5-7

KEY FINDING TIPS: Sharp Keys: Take last Sharp and Raise 1/2 step, that’s the key. Flat Keys: Take the 2nd to last flat, that’s the key.

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