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Well let’s say we are working with a guitar player and they are playing a chord that is the 6th degree of the scale. So from the table above we now know which degrees of the scale are Major and which ones are Minor.īut how does this help us as Bass Players? B Harmonic Minor Scaleī Harmonic Minor Scale Intervals/Scale Degree So how do we find out the tonality of each degree of the B Harmonic Minor scale?
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Which not only requires us to know the root note of the chord being played but also the tonality of that chord. As we know from reading the article on the B Major 7 arpeggio the foundation of our Bass Lines is indeed made up of arpeggios. However for us Bass Players this is only one piece of the puzzle. So to get from B to C# we have to go up one tone ( which we can see from the right hand side of the table contains two semitones C and C#) So if we look at the example in the top of the table we can see that the scale begins with the root note of B and is followed by the note of C#. It is important to mention at this point that here is two Semitones in One Tone. We can now see how we have come to have each particular note within the scale. So let’s take a look!! B Harmonic Minor Scale It is this formula that determines what notes occur within any given Harmonic Minor scale and helps us determine the sequence in which they appear. So if we revisit the articles on both the B Major and B Minor scales, we will recall that they are both constructed using formulas, well the B Harmonic Minor scale is no different. So let’s go! How the B Harmonic Minor Scale Is Constructed There are also some great additional resources like this one (Affiliate Link) that you can use alongside this article to help you further your knowledge and improve your fluency when playing scales all over the fretboard.
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Have a basic understanding of how the scale is constructed and have a better idea of how to use the scale within your Bass Lines and compositions. The rest of this article will remedy this and by the end of the article you will know at least three positions in which the scale casn be used over the fretboard. I typically find that when we as Bass Players are learning a new scale we are shown how to play the scale in a certain position (usually the one in the image above) which is great! But it is of limited use to us as we are often not told about how the scale is constructed, the other positions in which we can play the scale over the fretboard or how to use the scale in a musical context. So the image above does indeed show us one of the correct ways in which we can play the B Harmonic Minor scale on the fretboard. The B Harmonic Minor scale consists of 7 notes B C# D E F# G A# and can be played by fretting the 7th, 9th and 10th frets of the E string, the 7th, 9th and 10th frets of the A string and the 6th and 7th frets of the D string and this is known as the 1st position.
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However this scale can also be very useful to us Bass Players. The scale is often used in hard rock and metal music by guitarists, especially when they are soloing. But it is that raised 7th that gives this scale such a distinctive sound. The B Harmonic Minor scale is very similar to the B Minor scale with the exception of the raised 7th.