Bb: 24 Scales at the Electric Bass Seat

One root, every type. Pick the one that fits the chord you are on.

Every scale type this site maps, rooted on Bb and laid out at this seat. The modes of the major scale do most of the work over most of the repertoire; the rest are here for the bar where a dominant refuses to behave.

The electric bass can hold a note long enough for it to be heard as a choice rather than a step, so a scale here is read for its strong tones first and its passing tones second.