Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip was a founding member of the jazz group the Yellow Jackets. Along with Robben Ford, Michael Landau and Gary Novak he makes up one-quarter of Renegade Creation. |
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Jimmy Haslip, Bass solo on Dr.Moy
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The Left Handed Bassist - Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets)
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Jimmy Haslip at Atlanta Institute of Music
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C pentatonic major scale box shapes for 6 string bass
This issue demonstrates the C PENTATONIC MAJOR SCALE box shapes for 6-string bass with the all important orange letters omitted.
The diagrams that follow show all of the C natural notes plotted over the 6-string bass' fretboard in both the
and CAGED octaves styles:-
The diagrams that follows show all of the C pentatonic 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 pentatonic major scale are detailed below in the CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale in the
CAGED octaves style.
6-string bass C pentatonic major scale box shapes
- 6Z4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 6Z3Z1
- 56Z4Z1 at 12
- 6Z4Z1
- 4Z2
- 5Z2
- 5Z3
- 6Z3Z1
- 6Z4Z1 at 12
Stick-to-It-ive-ness....Zon Brookes |