Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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Steve Bailey
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Steve Bailey Signature Bass Interview
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Victor Wooten & Steve Bailey - Bangkok Blues Bass Lesson
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Steve Bailey Fretless Bass Lesson chunk 1
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A natural minor scale box shapes for 6 string bass
This issue demonstrates the A NATURAL MINOR SCALE box shape for 6-string bass with the all important orange letters omitted.
The CAGED octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follows show all of the A natural minor 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 A natural minor scale are detailed below in the
CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the A natural minor scale in the
CAGED octaves style.
6-string bass A natural minor scale box shapes
- 4Zm2
- 5Zm2
- 5Zm3
- 6Zm3Zm1
- 6Zm4Zm1
- 4Zm2 at 12
- 4Zm2
- 5Zm2
- 5Zm3
- 6Zm3Zm1
- 6Zm4Zm1
- 4Zm2 at 12
So Low....Zon Brookes |