Octave Method for Low E : 4-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Four String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass 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. |
Paperbook Book :CAGED4BASS : Octave Method for 4-String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass guitar 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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Yamaha TRBX
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John Patitucci talk about TRBX304
Yamaha TRBX - Darrell Craig Harris
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CAGED4BASS (EADG - standard tuning)
C octatonic major-minor scale : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C octatonic major-minor scale box shapes and join them all together to form one long CAGED4BASS chain. |
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The CAGED4BASS sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the C octatonic major-minor scale notes plotted over the 4-string bass' fretboard in the CAGED4BASS and GuitarPro6 styles:-
NOTE No.1:- The GuitarPro6 fingerboards that follow show both E♭'s and B♭'s enharmonic equivalent spellings of D♯ and A♯ (the augmented second interval name rather than the minor third; the augmented sixth interval name rather than the minor seventh ) used elsewhere on this page.
NOTE No.2:- The C octatonic major-minor scale is also the fifth mode of the F bebop dominant scale hence the F natural is highlighted in the diagram above (rather than C natural the true root note) as GuitarPro6 does not display these modes correctly.
NOTE No.3:- The C octatonic major-minor scale is an amalgamation of the C pentatonic major and
C pentatonic minor scales; GuitarPro6 diagrams of both follow:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard - C pentatonic major
GuitarPro6 fingerboard - C pentatonic minor
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 octatonic major-minor scale are detailed below in the CAGED4BASS manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C octatonic major-minor scale in the CAGED4BASS style.
CAGED4BASS (EADG - standard tuning)
C octatonic major-minor scale : YouTube videos & pdf files
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CAGED4BASS (EADG - standard tuning)
C octatonic major-minor scale : Box shapes on YouTube
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2
- 2D*
- 3C* at 12
CAGED4BASS (EADG - standard tuning)
C octatonic major-minor scale : Box shapes & TAB
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2
- 2D*
- 3C* 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 - 3C* - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED4BASS chain-linked sequence for the C octatonic major-minor scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
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CAGED4BASS (EADG - standard tuning)
C octatonic major-minor scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Take that to the bank....Zon Brookes |
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