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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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps : General
In BLOGoZON No.513 the box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode) were presented
using the BAGED octaves methodology for 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD).
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) , but with 3nps shapes and join them all together for 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD) to form one long BAGED octaves chain.
The BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED4BASS shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) notes plotted over the
4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD) guitar's
fretboard in the BAGED4BASS style:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales 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
C major scale (ionian mode) are detailed below in the BAGED4BASS manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode)
in the
BAGED4BASS style for 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD).
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps box shapes
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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps box shapes
- 4B2
- 4B2A*
- 2A*
- 3G*
- 3E1
- 3E1D
- 4D1
- 4B2 at 12
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps box shapes
- 4B2
- 4B2A*
- 2A*
- 3G*
- 3E1
- 3E1D
- 4D1
- 4B2 at 12
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Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 4B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (B0 standard - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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