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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AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor blues scale |
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Hence the AGEDC4BASS sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDC4BASS shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass tuned to EADG :-
The diagrams that follows show all of the A minor blues scale notes plotted over the
4-string bass guitar's
fretboard in the AGEDC4BASS 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
A minor blues scale are detailed below in the AGEDC4BASS manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A minor blues scale
in the
AGEDC4BASS style for Low E tuning.
AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale box shapes
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AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale box shapes
- 3Am1
- 4Gm1
- 4Em1
- 2Dm*
- 3Cm*
- 3Am1 at 12
AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale box shapes
- 3Am1
- 4Gm1
- 4Em1
- 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 minor blues scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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AGEDC4BASS : 4-string bass in Low E (EADG tuning)
A minor blues scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Where is the love....Zon Brookes |
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