Chords for Bass In 60 Seconds (not really) : Pentatonics

_ _ Welcome back to Bass in 60 Seconds everybody.
This is Joe in my hand.
_ Now today, I'm gonna answer some questions
Some really good email questions that I got concerning pentatonic
pentatonic patterns
_ now
Some [A] of us know what they are and some of them some of us play them play these things without really, you know
Knowing what they are.
So let's cut all the clutter [G] and all the confusion [E] and we'll get right to it
_ Pentatonic pentatonic if you take the root penta, that's five
_ [G] It means there's five notes to this pattern and I'll show you what they are.
[Bb] One two, three
[D] _
[F] four five and then [Bb] they repeat
_ [C] _ Now just continue [G] playing this pattern back down [D] _ and I'll [Bb] explain _
[G] _ _ What they are this one here this what we're playing is a G minor pentatonic
_ Starting on the G.
There's your root.
It's G _
_ _ Up to the sixth [Bb] fret
or B flat
_ _ third fret on your [C] a string
for the C
_ [D] whole step to the fifth fret for the D F
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ And that's the five and then we keep [G] going from there G [Bb] B flat
[C] _
C
[Bb] So now I'll play this pattern again _ _
_ [G] _ our G right here.
This is the third fret.
See I'll show you the nut.
Here's third fret
_ so now
pentatonic
[Gm] _ Five note pattern [G] I'm gonna change up one thing.
I'm gonna add [C] what's called [Db] the blue
[D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] That becomes the blues scale or the blues pentatonic here well that would be a penta
Sec sextant [C] on [Gm] I suppose I know I'm gonna get some math people calling me up and go that's not what you call it
_ _ For those that know better six notes
_ [G] So we went from pentatonic _ _
[Db] to the blues pattern
[C] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Gm] It
Becomes a really cool _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Thing to solo over pentatonic five notes
_ _ Now I'm gonna give [Gm] you a
little bit extra here
_ Pentatonic since there's five notes to the pentatonic.
That means there's five positions
You can actually play it in and all the shapes are gonna be a little bit different
[G] Now remember when I talk about the shapes and things these pentatonics are movable any of the scale patterns and things that we talked about in
In the in the lessons and [Bb] things they're all
[G] Here's G pentatonic
[Eb] G-sharp
[Ab] [Am] a _ _ _
[G] So that's why [C] I emphasize learning the pattern and then the notes the notes [G] will come after
_ [Dm] _ [G] Because I want to get you to play and that's that's what it's really all about
This is where you have fun creating and you know having a good time playing the instrument
So now the pentatonic
_ _ I'm gonna show you the second pattern [Bb] which starts
_ That's a six fret so we've got six
_ [C] eight
_ [D] five
_ [F] eight
[G] five
[Bb] _ eight
[C] _ _ five
[D] _ _ Seven _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ that's the second pattern of the pentatonic [G] if you guys want the rest
I mean I encourage you to to explore and find them you know find the notes on your
On your instrument, but if you're having a little trouble or a little difficulty write me
Let me know and I can send you a PDF file with that shows fingering positions and things like that all across the fingerboard
_ Or a JPEG if you like if that's you know if that's easier for you.
Just let me know
You know I play this once again.
I'm gonna play the first pattern [Dm] of the pentatonic
Into [D] the second pattern [Dm] and _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ these are all the same notes.
They're all the same five notes
It's just juxtaposed depending on where you're where you're playing them
[D] And it really [Bb] gets cool when you start [D] soloing _
[G] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Pentatonic
Five notes those are the first two patterns of the pentatonic have fun with