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Major chords on bass guitar

I'm asking as I am trying to come up with a bassline for 'Boomerang' by the Plain White T's as I can only find guitar chords for this and not bass tab. One important point: "guitar chords" ...
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Major chords on bass guitar

TL;DR: there is a huge amount of bass playing to do before you need to look at scales at all. Learning a scale pattern isn't going to hurt, but hearing and knowing chord tones is more important. Asin ...
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Why does this Roman numeral chord have a ♯ prefix?

A sharp or flat precedes a Roman numeral if the chord root differs from the key signature. That system is consistent except for chord roots of the seventh scale degree. Unfortunately, that is a mix of ...
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Major chords on bass guitar

Firstly, learning from tab isn't the best. You only learn each individual song, rather than learn what a bassist might play in a specific key - as you're finding. Using your key D example, get your ...
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Major chords on bass guitar

Diego, You can never go wrong by studying and plucking/fingering the notes of the D Maj scale, (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, next octave higher D), and then experimenting with repeating whichever notes form ...
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Why does this Roman numeral chord have a ♯ prefix?

When analyzing a piece in a minor key, the VI chord is presumed to be on the 6 native to that key (signature), while the vii is presumed to be raised. Since the 6 in melodic minor is raised, its triad ...
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The notes outside the major scale form a pentatonic scale

I think this seems surprising only when fixated on the black and white key layout of keyboard instruments, but lets unpack what is going on. Using the C major scale we list out all the pitch letters ...
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I can generally sing on-key, but I fear that I'll sing off key in front of the audience. What should I do?

Guide melody on karaoke tracks is like stabiliser wheels on a bike. Just do without them - they've become a crutch that you don't need. Listen more carefully to the other instruments on the backing ...
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How to practice guitar scales on the first 3 strings

This is a very good question and something that causes issues for many guitarists, including myself at times. The G-B M3 tuning was created and standardized centuries ago. It facilitates playing ...
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How to practice guitar scales on the first 3 strings

This will be pretty well dependant on which scale you're having trouble with. We need to know that info. With the pentatonics, I really can't see a problem: it's as if the guitar is an instrument made ...
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Are there widely accepted names for 31edo modes?

In short, no. Generally speaking, composers working within 31-EDO (and other microtonal systems) are either trying to parallel Tonal composition, in which case the diatonic names are sufficient, or ...
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Can we shift the diatonic scale "one fifth" to the left?

Your wording of the question is a little unclear. You don't need to move by perfect fifths eight time to get seven tones, only six jumps by perfect fifth will give you seven tones. Also, I'm not sure ...
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Why is the key typically the first and/or last note (or chord) of a song?

The root chord in any key will feel like home, just as any other will not feel like home. Music is similar to a journey, and when we think about it, a journey will start at home, and it's only really ...
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