Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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Andrew Gouche
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Andrew Gouche is the 5 and 6-string bass playing musical director for Chaka Khan. |
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Andrew Gouche live
Ain´t Nobody, Live In Pori Jazz 2002 (13.)
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Andrew Gouche plays his Michael Tobias Designs signature 6-string model (shown above and left). |
C pentatonic major scale box shapes for 5 string bass
The disguised CAGED octaves method for the C pentatonic major scale box shapes on 5-string bass now follows:-
The 5-string bass CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all of the C pentatonic major scale notes plotted over the 5-string bass's
fretboard in both the 
and CAGED octaves styles:-
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 pentatonic major scale are detailed below for the 5-string bass in the CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale for the
5-string bass in the CAGED octaves style.
5 string bass - C pentatonic major scale box shapes
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- 5Z3
- 3Z1
- 4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3 at 12
- 5Z3
- 3Z1
- 4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3 at 12
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Ain't Nobody ..............Zon Brookes |
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