Janek GWIZDALA Pentatonics.

[Amazoman]

Hi all, I have been playing bass for a while and can hold my own following chord sheets in the church band. I have my favourite shapes and often play the tonic, major 3rd, 5th and I like to put a 4th in. I usually play the first three notes of the minor scale if a minor chord obviously. I want to develop my abilities using pentatonics and know the 5 shapes but struggle to flow fluidly around them. Do you think the Janek Gwizdala book would be a big help or is there something better I should be looking at. Thanks in advance.

[louisthebass]

On 03/11/2024 at 20:03, Amazoman said:

Hi all, I have been playing bass for a while and can hold my own following chord sheets in the church band. I have my favourite shapes and often play the tonic, major 3rd, 5th and I like to put a 4th in. I usually play the first three notes of the minor scale if a minor chord obviously. I want to develop my abilities using pentatonics and know the 5 shapes but struggle to flow fluidly around them. Do you think the Janek Gwizdala book would be a big help or is there something better I should be looking at. Thanks in advance.

 I've got Janek's book, and can thoroughly recommend it. It's a very in depth look at Pentatonics, so be prepared to put work in to get the most out of it. It's split into 3 sections: Bass clef notation, Tab, and Treble Clef notation. It also comes with a link to all the audio tracks & some video as well.

[Amazoman]

Sorry mate for being away for so long. Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I bit the bullet and now have the book. As you rightly point out it certainly is ‘in depth’