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. |
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CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
and join them all together for 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG) to form one long CAGFD octaves chain.
Hence the CAGFD octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.
The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGFD octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG).
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGFD octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
notes plotted over the 4-string bass guitar's
fretboard in the CAGFD octaves 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) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
are detailed below in the CAGFD octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B) in the
CAGFD octaves style.
CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
YouTube videos & pdf files
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CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes on YouTube
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 1G*
- 4F2F*
- 4D2D*
- 3C* at 12
CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
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- 3C*
- 3A1
- 1G*
- 4F2F*
- 4D2D*
- 3C* at 12
CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG) |
The GuitarPro8 TAB shown below demonstrates the CAGFD octaves chain-linked sequence for the
C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
box shapes for 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG).
CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf
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CAGFD octaves : 4-string bass (Drop D - DADG)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Overall fretboard box shapes
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Holding Back The Years....Zon Brookes |
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