Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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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:-
The ZZZZZZ octaves logo follows:-
The ZZZZZZ octaves sequence for 6-string bass guitar is shown for C natural in the next diagram:-
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:-
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:-
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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- 6B4C1
- 6B4A2
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 5E3D1
- 6D3D1
- 6B4C1 at 12
- 6Z4Z1
- 6Z4Z2
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 5Z3Z1
- 6Z3Z1
- 6Z4Z1 at 12
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 - 6B4C1 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the BCAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C major scale (3nps) box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
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BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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Can you handle it....Zon Brookes |
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