Lessons - Scales – 1 Octave Major Scales (Bass Tab)

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*There are other keys and other fingerings/positions. *This is a page intended to get started with common scale vocabulary. *Most of these scales are in this fingering
 From the E String    From the A String
|---|---|---|---|    |-X-|---|-X-|-X-|
|-X-|---|-X-|-X-|    |-X-|-X-|---|-X-|
|-X-|-X-|---|-X-| OR |---|-X-|---|-X-|
|---|-X-|---|-X-|    |---|---|---|---|
 1    2   3   4        1   2   3   4

  [G Major]                       OR
G|----------------0---------------|-|-------------------------------|
D|----------0-2-4---4-2-0---------|-|-----------2-4-5-4-2-----------|
A|----0-2-3---------------3-2-0---|-|-----2-3-5-----------5-3-2-----|
E|--3---------------------------3-|-|-3-5-----------------------5-3-|

  [D Major]                      OR
G|-----------4-6-7-6-4-----------|-|------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-5-7-----------7-5-4-----|-|---------------9-11-12-11-9---------------|
A|-5-7-----------------------7-5-|-|-------9-10-12--------------12-10-9-------|
E|-------------------------------|-|-10-12------------------------------12-10-|

  [A Major]                      OR
G|-------------1-2-1-------------|-|-------------------------------|
D|-------0-2-4-------4-2-0-------|-|-----------4-6-7-6-4-----------|
A|-0-2-4-------------------4-2-0-|-|-----4-5-7-----------7-5-4-----|
E|-------------------------------|-|-5-7-----------------------7-5-|

  [E Major]                      OR
G|-------------------------------|-|-----------6-8-9-8-6-----------|
D|-------------1-2-1-------------|-|-----6-7-9-----------9-7-6-----|
A|-------0-2-4-------4-2-0-------|-|-7-9-----------------------9-7-|
E|-0-2-4-------------------4-2-0-|-|-------------------------------|

  [B Major]                      OR
G|-----------1-3-4-3-1-----------|-|-------------------------------|
D|-----1-2-4-----------4-2-1-----|-|-----------6-8-9-8-6-----------|
A|-2-4-----------------------4-2-|-|-----6-7-9-----------9-7-6-----|
E|-------------------------------|-|-7-9-----------------------9-7-|

  [Gb Major]                     OR
G|-------------------------------|-|-------------8-10-11-10-8-------------|
D|-----------1-3-4-3-1-----------|-|------8-9-11--------------11-9-8------|
A|-----1-2-4-----------4-2-1-----|-|-9-11----------------------------11-9-|
E|-2-4-----------------------4-2-|-|--------------------------------------|