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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EDCAG4BASS - F major arpeggio box shapes
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the F major arpeggio box shapes and join them all together to form one long EDCAG4BASS chain. |
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Hence the EDCAG4BASS sequence is shown for F natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the F major arpeggio notes plotted over the 4-string bass's
fretboard in both the 
and EDCAG4BASS styles:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see 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 F major arpeggio are detailed below in the
EDCAG4BASS manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the F major arpeggio in the EDCAG4BASS style.
EDCAG4BASS - F major arpeggio box shapes
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- 4E2
- 2D*
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2 at 12
- 4E2
- 2D*
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2 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 - 4E2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the EDCAG4BASS chain-linked sequence for the F major arpeggio box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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View and download pdf of the EDCAG4BASS F major arpeggio box shapes from scribd.com |
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I'll be around....Zon Brookes |
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