Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios


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Octave Method for Six String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 6-string bass
(Low B) 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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Octave Method for Low B : 6-String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 6-String Bass
(Low B) 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.

Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass Paper Book


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C major scale 3nps box shapes for 6-string bass

In at the deep end this week with three notes per string box shapes for the 6-string bass guitar - this is definitely not for the faint hearted amongst you.

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the CAGED octaves variant - ZZZZZZ octaves - for use with the three notes per string patterns on the 6-string bass, once again the all important orange letters are missing:-

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The ZZZZZZ octaves logo follows:-

ZZZZZZ octaves logo

The ZZZZZZ octaves sequence for 6-string bass guitar is shown for C natural in the next diagram:-

ZZZZZZ octaves C natural

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 6-string bass guitar's fretboard in the ZZZZZZ octaves style:-

ZZZZZZ octaves C major scale notes

GuitarPro6 c major scale

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 C major scale are detailed below for the 6-string bass guitar in the ZZZZZZ octaves manner:-

ZZZZZZ octaves C major scale intervals

The tabbed panel below details all seven 3 notes per string patterns for the C major scale box shapes.


6 string bass - C major scale 3 notes per string box shapes

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