How To Find Out What Key You’re In (Figure Bass Lines Out & Make Bass Lines Up)

If you know the key of a piece of music you can then work it out quickly. Other things you can do:

  • Make your own bass lines up in different keys
  • Recognise harmony by ear
  • Improvise like an expert

The following lessons go hand in hand with this one:

4 Common Scales For Bass Players

What Are Relative Major And Minor Scales?

Bass Guitar Music Theory: The 7 Arpeggios From C Major

Harmonising The Natural Minor Scale: Play Bass Lines, Chords & Solos!

Make sure to watch them all and you will start to understand and be able to use this gold dust!


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