Friday, January 3, 2025
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Variations on THE BEAST – Advanced Bass Scale Exercise


Need a challenging new way to practice scales? Try this exercise on for size! In this video, I show you a melodic scale exercise that takes you up and down the neck in every position!

TAB/sheet music available HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/view/p7atsu1j7ypz9b0/Variations_on_the_Beast.pdf

Lesson Sections:
“The Beast” Explained – 1:46
Beast Variation Pt. 1: Ascending – 5:25
Beast Variation Pt. 2: Descending – 9:40

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Scales, along with arpeggios, are the fundamental building blocks of melodies. This connection, however, is not often obvious due to how we learn scales – one octave; straight up, straight down. By making variations on Billy Sheehan’s “Beast” exercise, we can make this connection clearer while using the entire length of the bass.

Although this exercise is performed on bass in the video, it can certainly be played on any instrument (guitar, piano, mandolin, etc.). Give it a try!

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Originally posted by UC7gw0Ya8A5iIoDGppEQkhBw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9OaBLDsYp0

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