Bass Guitar Scales

Bass Guitar Scales

Break out from your amateur self and learn bass guitar scales!
Regardless what instrument you play, you'll definitely benefit from learning to play scales. Master the bass guitar scales and break out from your recreational self. Transform yourself into an educated musician.

Knowing the bass scales by heart is just a question of practice. And practice. And....

Easy-guitar-site has made graphics of the basic scales. Use them, print them for you comfort but practice. The graphics represent the neck of your bass guitar with the notes written on them. There's a chart for every key of the major and minor scale. The root notes (your starting point) are marked in red.

F^# = F# = F"sharp", D^b = Db = D"flat".

Below the major and minor keys you'll find the pentatonic and chromatic scales.

Scroll down are use the links below to go to our images of the bass guitar scales.

Reading Instructions
Key of C major
Key of A minor
Key of G major
Key of E minor
Key of D major
Key of B minor
Key of A major
Key of F# minor
Key of E major
Key of C# minor
Key of B major
Key of G# minor
Key of F# major
Key of D# minor

Key of Db major
Key of Bb minor
Key of Ab major
Key of F minor
Key of Eb major
Key of C minor
Key of Bb major
Key of G minor
Key of F major
Key of D minor
Key of G major pentatonic
Key of E minor pentatonic
All the bass guitar notes using sharps
All the bass guitar notes using flats

Reading Instructions.

Bass scale reading instructions

Key of C major

bass scale key of C major

Key of A minor

bass scale key of A minor

Key of G major

bass scale key of G major

Key of E minor

bass scale key of E minor

Key of D major

bass scale key of D major

Key of B minor

bass scale key of B minor

Key of A major

bass scale key of A major

Key of F# minor

bass scale key of F# minor

Key of E major

bass scale key of E major

Key of C# minor

bass scale key of C# minor

Key of B major

bass scale key of B major

Key of G# minor

bass scale key of G# minor

Key of F# major

bass scale key of F# major

Key of D# minor

bass scale key of D# minor

Key of Db major

bass scale key of Db major

Key of Bb minor

bass scale key of Bb minor

Key of Ab major

bass scale key of Ab major

Key of F minor

bass scale key of F minor

Key of Eb major

bass scale key of Eb major

Key of C minor

bass scale key of C minor

Key of Bb major

bass scale key of Bb major

Key of G minor

bass scale key of G minor

Key of F major

bass scale key of F major

Key of D minor

bass scale key of D minor

Key of G major pentatonic

Ever heard anyone say something about a box pattern? Well this is it. The pentatonic scale only uses 5 tones and is therefor easy to master.

pentatonic bass scale key of G major

Key of E minor pentatonic

Pentatonic bass scale key of E minor

All the bass guitar notes using sharps

All bass guitar notes sharps

All the bass guitar notes using flats

All bass guitar notes flats

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