Overwater Scott Devine
Scott Devine runs one of the largest free on-line bass guitar tuition websites called ScottsBassLessons.com. |
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Walking Bass Lesson - Beginner #1
Funky Bass Groove Breakdown - Scott Devine (L#66)
Slap Bass Lesson - Beginner/Intermediate - (L#74)
Using triads to create bass Lines - Scott Devine (L#57)
The Most Important Bass Lesson I Ever Teach - (L#68)
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"High C" 5 string bass - C major scale box shapes
In this BLOGoZON we take a first look at the C major scale box shapes for the 5-string bass tuned to high C (rather than the more usual low B). |
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Hence the CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 5-string bass's
fretboard in both the 
and CAGED octaves styles:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales 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 scale are detailed below in the
CAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C major scale in the CAGED octaves style.
"High C" 5 string bass - C major scale box shapes
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"High C" 5 string bass - C major scale box shapes
- 4C1
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 3D1
- 4C1 at 12
"High C" 5 string bass - C major scale box shapes
- 4C1
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 3D1
- 4C1 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all five shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 4C1 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C major scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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The first box shape located at the nut (4C1 shown above) is incomplete; the B natural note on string 1 would be located at imaginary fret -1, which is obviously unplayable. However this note can be played on string 2 (as shown in the video that follows) but this breaks out of the strict movable CAGED octaves pattern sequence.
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Disconnectivity....Zon Brookes |
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