Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios


Lulu eBook: 6-string bass (Low B)

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eBook :


Octave Method for Six String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 6-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.


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Paperbook Book :


Octave Method for Low B : 6-String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 6-String Bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

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Octave shapes for A natural on 6 string bass

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This issue demonstrates the octave shapes for 6-string bass with the all important orange letters omitted.

The diagrams that follow show all of the A natural notes plotted over the 6-string bass' fretboard in both the

Guitar Pro and CAGED octaves styles:-

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ZZZZZZ octaves A natural


6-string bass octave shapes for A natural


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ZZZZZZ octaves A natural TAB

ZZZZZZ octaves A natural pdf


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