Octave Method for Low E : 4-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Four String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. |
Paperbook Book :CAGED4BASS : Octave Method for 4-String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. |
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Adam Clayton is the English born bassist of U2. |
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A natural minor scale box shapes
In BLOGoZON No.36 the box shapes for the A natural minor scale were presented using the AGEDC4BASS methodology - this is the CAGED guitar system adapted and improved for minor scales and arpeggios on 4-string bass guitar. |
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In this BLOGoZON we take a closer look at the A natural minor scale box shapes and join them all together to form one long AGEDC4BASS chain.
Hence the AGEDC4BASS sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the A natural minor scale notes plotted over the 4-string bass's fretboard in both the 
and AGEDC4BASS styles:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/arpeggios as INTERVAL shapes rather than note names - as these are universal to all scales, arpeggios and chords rather than specific to one particular root note - with this in mind the intervals for the A natural minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDC4BASS and GuitarPro5 manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A natural minor scale and the
A minor arpeggio in the AGEDC4BASS style.
AGEDC4BASS - A natural minor scale box shapes
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- 3Am1
- 4Gm1
- 4Em2
- 2Dm*
- 3Cm*
- 3Am1 at 12
- 3Am1
- 4Gm1
- 4Em2
- 2Dm*
- 3Cm*
- 3Am1 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all five shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 3Am1 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the AGEDC4BASS chain-linked sequence for the A natural minor scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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