Make Music like Red Hot Chili Peppers

<p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="daU1TxIue9w" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/daU1TxIue9w/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/daU1TxIue9w?rel=0&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="450" width="800" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_xl">How to Write a Bass Line like Red Hot Chili Peppers "Tippa My Tongue"</span></strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In the new Red Hot Chili Peppers single “Tippa My Tongue”, there’s a ridiculously funky variation of the blues scale, which we’re calling the RHCP scale. And that’s what you’re about to learn, as well as how to write a bass line or guitar riff using it. But first... Tea!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">INTRO</span></strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;">Hello revolutionary music makers, we are Kate and Ray Harmony (AKA Revolution Harmony), and welcome to Hack Music Theory, the fast, easy and fun way to make music. If you’re new to theory, or if you just want a refresher, then read our free book "12 Music Theory Hacks to Learn Scales &amp; Chords". It’ll give you a super solid music theory foundation in just 30 minutes. The free download is below. Enjoy!</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large"><strong>SCALE</strong></span></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;">Okay so first things first, what’s the blues scale? Well, the blues scale is actually a variation of the minor pentatonic scale. Okay, so what’s the minor pentatonic scale? Well, it’s the natural minor scale without its 2nd and 6th notes. So from the root of C, the minor pentatonic scale is: C, E♭, F, G, B♭. And its spelling is: 1, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭7. Now, to turn the minor pentatonic scale into the blues sc