Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass
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Octave Method for 5-String Bass

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Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass

Fretboard navigation method for 5-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.
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Octave Method for Five String Bass

Fretboard navigation method for 5-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass Paper Book

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Octave shapes for A natural on 5 string bass

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This issue demonstrates the octave shapes for 5-string bass with the all important orange letters omitted.

The diagrams that follow show all of the A natural notes plotted over the 5-string bass' fretboard in both the

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ZZZZZ octaves A natural

5-string bass octave shapes for A natural

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A natural octaves TAB

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A natural octaves box shapes

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