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Are you getting inversions backwards? Unsure about ascending/descending intervals? Answers and why you need to know in this video and accompanying post: arisbassblog.com/inversions
Are you getting inversions backwards? Unsure about ascending/descending intervals? Answers and why you need to know in this video and accompanying post: arisbassblog.com/inversions





![Learn the Modes with this pedaling drill | Bass guitar drills | Ariane Cap
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Enhance your bass guitar skills with the Modes Pedaling Drill, a powerful exercise designed to strengthen your playing abilities. Join expert bass guitarist and educator Ariane Cap as she guides you through this engaging drill, focusing on the modes and their application. Elevate your musical proficiency and develop a solid foundation in bass guitar technique with this powerful drill from Ariane Cap!
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00:00 Introduction - One minute modes drill
00:14 From brightest to darkest - lydian to ionian
00:28 From brightest to darkest - mixolydian to dorian
00:39 From brightest to darkest - aeolian to phrygian
00:50 From brightest to darkest - to locrian
Transcription
One minute moats pedaling drill with Ari.
Take the modes and start them all from the same root. Sort them from brightest to darkest. If you do that then you will only have one note changing going from mode to mode. Key of G:
This is lydian: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays lydian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Ionian: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays ionian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Mixo: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays mixolydian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Dorian: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays dorian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Aeolian: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays aeolian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Fridge: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays phrygian scale π΅π΅π΅]
Locrian: [π΅π΅π΅ Ari plays locrian scale π΅π΅π΅]
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![Practice an A major scale on bass | Sounds great!
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These scalar drills not only get your fingers moving and that scale embedded in your mind, they also sound really neat! Hear me use them in a musical context...
00:00 Better way to practice scales
00:21 Using Thirds
00:54 Variation 1
01:21 Variation 2
01:56 Mixed Motion variation
02:28 Mixed Motion variation
02:44 Musical applications
Transcription
Scalar practice tip with Ari.
When you practice the scale, break it down in the various intervals.For example, Im starting with the easiest interval, thirds. Heres an A major scale. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ] Im going to extend it to include all of the notes that are part of the scale in this area. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
Now, Im going to break down the scale in thirds [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
Essentially you can think: start the scale, skip a note, go up two and go back to what you just skipped, And you weave that through the scale. Now, I recommend you do that on your own rather than read this transcribed.
There are several variations of this you can do. Im playing ascending thirds up through the scale. I call this variation ascending and up and when I turn around and go back from the top I call it descending and down, because were now playing descending thirds down the scale. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
The formula now is two back, one up, two back, one up, two back, one up, two back, one up. Heres a variation, You can switch the starting point. Rather than going up a third, I can start by going down a third and weave that up the scale. Now were calling that descending and up. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
And turning it around it becomes ascending and down. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
Try to make them nice and connected because as you go down, you notice you have a lot of these shifts. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ] ...that are not so easy to get clean.
Now when you have both of these variations under your belt you can combine them. I call these mixed motion. Up a third and then down a third and now you weave that through the scale. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ] These are ascending, descending up. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
And theres another way you can do this.Turn around the starting point. Rather than going ascending/descending up, try descending/ascending up. [ π΅ Ari plays scale π΅ ]
Musical applications [ π΅ Ari plays several examples π΅ ]
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Welcome to the captivating world of bass & learning! I am Ari, AKA Ariane Cap and I am thrilled to welcome you at Β @LearnBassWithAriΒ
Whether youre a beginner looking to learn the fundamentals or an experienced player seeking to expand your skills, come on in and tune up!
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