Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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C major scale box shapes for 6 string bass
This issue demonstrates the C MAJOR SCALE box shape for 6-string bass with the all important orange letters omitted.
The CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follows show all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 6-string bass' 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 major scale are detailed below in the
CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the C major scale in the CAGED octaves style.
6-string bass C major scale box shapes
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- 6B4C1 (incomplete)
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 6D3D1
- 6B4C1 at 12
- 6Z4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 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 box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
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BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Don't stop the music....Zon Brookes |
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