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Scott Giambusso: Scott Giambusso here, your bass doctor. Today we are talking about pentatonic scales. They are really good and I am going to show you how to use them in traditional shuffle and rock fields. Now, the pentatonic which is the one; two; three; five; six and eight is the basic scale. Now, when you are playing a bass line, say, in a rock shuffle or something, I like to use the shortening bread analogy, where I play the root, the six, the five and the six and its the root. Of course, I struck a little flat three in there to give it some grease, but this movement between the fifth note of the scale and the sixth note of the scale and I even added what I call a flat seven, it is a half step above the six. Its just a nice shuffle rhythm. I could go to four chord and back to the one chord. I am approaching the blues. I go to the five chord, and now back to the four chord, of one chord. Those are all the chords in A Blues. Its just the root, the fourth and the fifth; one, two, three, four, five; one, four, five. So, the pentatonic scale worked beautifully. We leave out the two, another variation would be to leave out the two and just play one, three, five, six, eight, six, five, three, one, also the standard think, same basic idea. Some we take it through the scales and well you show that the next time.

Expert: Scott Giambusso

Scott, a native Washingtonian, has been performing for audiences since 1968. A self taught musician, he mainly freelances as an acoustic bassist. Scott also plays guitar, electric bass, and tuba as well as singing in the styles of Nat King Cole, Mel Torme and Jack Bruce. He has worked with The Glenn Miller Orchestra and The Modernaires; The Peter Duchin Orchestra; The Ink Spots; The Tokens; Rory (Disney More »

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