A single note sounds. Your ears pick up the sound as it lingers in the air. Just one note, nothing else. The note is just a sound until you relate it to another note; then, the real work of a musician’s ear begins. The two notes, sounding either together or in sequence, create an interval, which in turn spells out the beginning fragment of a chord or a scale — and, voilà, you have music. This is what ear-training is all about: hearing how notes relate to one another, an essential skill for any bass player. Training your ear to recognize how the notes in any interval relate to each other is simply coaxing your mind into analyzing what you’re already hearing. Since bass players deal with the physical aspects of playing best…grab your bass! In the previous installment of Beginner Bass Base (Issue 11) I introduced you to the intervals as they appear on your fretboard. Just to check you’re all clear on the terminology, here’s a little self-administered test:Major scale:(a) Hi