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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Xotic XJ-1T : 4 string bass, black cherry, rosewood fretboard
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CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass in standard EADG tuning
B diminished arpeggio : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the B diminished arpeggio box shapes and join them all together to form one long CAGED4BASS chain. |
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Hence the CAGED4BASS sequence is shown for B natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the B diminished arpeggio notes plotted over the 4-string bass's
fretboard in both the 
and CAGED4BASS styles:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see 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 B diminished arpeggio are detailed below in the
GEDCA4BASS manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the B diminished arpeggio in the CAGED4BASS style.
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass in standard EADG tuning
B diminished arpeggio : Box shape pdf files
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CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass in standard EADG tuning
B diminished arpeggio : YouTube box shapes
- 3C*
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2
- 2D*
- 3C* at 12
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass in standard EADG tuning
B diminished arpeggio : 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 B diminished arpeggio box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass in standard EADG tuning
B diminished arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes
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And what we have is much |
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