Melodic Minor Modes Primer for Bass Players! !

Okay Bass Players!
Here's my Melodic Minor Modes Primer!
A Beginner's Guide to running the modes and 7th arpeggios of the Melodic Minor...
A LOT of my students have asked about this, and in this 30 minute (wowza!) vide I'll cover:
1) The melodic minor modes,
2) alternate fingerings,
3) some super useful shifting tips too-
4) the basic 7th arpeggios built off each degree of an F melodic Minor Scale..
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[@rufusbass]

Hey Everyone-Check out the Modes of the Melodic Minor Primer, as we'll be discussing more aspects of melodic minor harmony in some future videos!

[@ErixSamson]

I was about to ask for that 🙂!

[@fidellhenderson8087]

Yeah, I did, and I thought it was very informative. I liked how you went through the whole cycle of scales arpeggios and alternate fingerings. I can't wait for the follow up on how to use them.

[@juansecar2]

On an improv context, I've found through the years that linking the arpegios with enclosures and or passing notes, is a far stronger tool than just going at it on a mere scalar fashion. It is a part of the work that as improvisers and given our instrument and its main function, we rarely get to use these things, and they do take a ton of work, because it's in the depths of these minor modes (harmonic minor also), that we get to unveil a fk ton of language and secrets to the fretboard, and everything in general. But, good news is that all that nerdy effort pays well and pays a lot, and relatively fast too. Great lesson, watched it all just for the sake of checking your method out, real cool and interesting. Cheers

[@ralphmanak]

Rufus, you always strike the useful balance between "listen to the sound" and stating the names of things, both of which benefit from focused practice.

[@mikegreenebass]

Great lesson here, thx

[@alexanthony62]

The best bass vids out there! Such good content 👍🙏

[@rufusbass]

I appreciate that!

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Thanks for sharing Rufus 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎸

[@devolucionario]

Great lesson, thanks

[@rufusbass]

Glad you liked it!

[@danfan1000]

your explanation for the missing link from the harmony book for the altered is fantastic and one of those things that it is so obvious why nobody says it!! thanks!

[@olibass6010]

One thing is very usefull to know and to mention here is that there is no b11 for our ears. This note will always be heard or acts as the third of the chord so it‘s a dominant on 7th degree of melodic minor scale aka altered or superlocrian.

[@rufusbass]

Thanks Mohamed!

[@jeanpierregomes1428]

Obrigado Rufus! Excelente explanação! Saudações do Brasil.

[@craigs19721972]

Thank you Rufus. Hadrian uses melodic minor all the time.

[@rufusbass]

He sure does- and a lot of great bass soloists do too- guys like Matt Garrison, Patitucci, Anton Davidyants, Federico Malaman etc

[@pangeaproxima3681]

What a comment!

[@AlexandarShmex]

I'm just getting into your videos after playing for a year and a half, your content was a bit above my pay grade before, but now I get it. I also didn't know you played in Planet X, because I love the band in all it's lineups, but it makes sense, since you're a monster player. I am currently at the point where I have a decent understanding of major and minor scales, their arpeggios all over the fretboard, through two octaves, various shapes etc. Of course it's not automatic yet, and it can't be in such a short time. But what I see now that it's a bit boring to solo through major and minor and their pentatonics, so my next step is to work on melodic and harmonic minor. I also bought a fretless, inspired by Mick Karn, and to my surprise, my intonation is pretty good and I instantly hear when I'm a bit off. Thank you for all your content man, I really appreciate it.

[@rufusbass]

Hey Aleksandar-you're welcome!

[@croydonmassive]

Play D at the 17th on the A; G# on the 18thh fret of A; C# at the 18th on G. Add the open E string. Awesome sound!

[@croydonmassive]

I'm new to theory. I love the sound of the following triad. Root; flat V; major 7. Is that derived from a mode by any chance? I never hear anyone talk about it on YT. I first heard it on the theme music from Alien, though I didn't know it at the time, as I was just a nipper back then. That chord always got me.

[@FamilyMartialArtsNZ]

Very timely video for me as I am putting in a lot of time on melodic minor modes and harmony. Question for you though...I find the mixolydian #13 a more stable scale than lydian dominant, in that when I play the latter it always feels more resolved if I end on the 2nd degree, implying mix #13. Any thoughts on this? Also I am aware of using minor flat five chords to substitute over dominant chords...is this what you are alluding to at the end of the video with the relationship between the two dominant chords and two half diminished chords in the melodic minor scale? Thanks :)

[@tgeer123]

I hear you talk about your students and so wish I could be one, ive tried and tried to no avail to contact you, I must be doing something wrong.

[@rufusbass]

You can email me about lessons here : [e-mail]

[@croydonmassive]

G# on the 18th of D I meant 😊

[@rufusbass]

You could view it a number of ways, but one is to think of it as a maj 7th #11th (no 3rd). Our ear tends to 'fill in' missing voices from certain voicings... Also because of the stacked consecutive 4ths it has a certain angular nature also. You could actually add the maj 3rd above the C# if you played the whole chord starting on the 10th fret 'D' on the E string- and put the F# in on the 11th fret of the G string ( however, this will sound muddy unless you play it using artificial harmonics for instance) Voiced: Root, #11, Maj 7, Maj 3rd (aka a Maj 10th). I actually demonstrate a few of this type of things in the Practical Chords video I put up on my wesbsite a couple of years ago...

[@croydonmassive]

@Rufus Philpot Thank you so much for your response Rufus. I'll dig into your advice, really looking forward to exploring. Really enjoy all your videos, and I'm learning so much from you. Your teaching approach is crystal clear. Take care. Tony.