Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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C major arpeggio box shapes for 6 string bass
This issue demonstrates the C MAJOR ARPEGGIO 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 arpeggio 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 arpeggio are detailed below in the
CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the C major arpeggio in the CAGED octaves style.
6-string bass C major arpeggio box shapes
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- 6Z4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 6Z3Z1
- 56Z4Z1 at 12
- 6Z4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 6Z3Z1
- 6Z4Z1 at 12
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