Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Six String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 6-string bass |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for Low B : 6-String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 6-String Bass |
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Roscoe SKB3006 fretless
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AGEDBC octaves (BEADGC : 6-string bass standard tuning)
A minor scale (3 notes per string) : General
In BLOGoZON No.271 the box shapes for the A minor scale were presented using
the AGEDBC octaves methodology - this is the CAGED octaves guitar system adapted and improved for 6-string bass.
In this BLOGoZON we look at the A minor scale, again, but with 3nps shapes and join them all together to form one long AGEDBC octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the AGEDBC octaves shapes for use with
the three notes per string patterns for a 6-string bass tuned to BEADGC :-
The conjoined AGEDBC octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor scale notes plotted over the 6-string bass' fretboard in the AGEDBC octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor scale
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 A minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDBC octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A minor scale in the AGEDBC octaves style.
AGEDBC octaves (BEADGC : 6-string bass standard tuning)
A minor scale (3 notes per string) box shapes : pdf
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AGEDBC octaves (BEADGC : 6-string bass standard tuning)
A minor scale (3 notes per string) box shapes : YouTube videos
- 4Am2
- 5Gm2
- 5Em3
- 5Em3Dm1
- 6Dm3Dm1
- 6Bm4Cm1
- 6Bm4Am2
- 4Am2 at 12
- 4Am2
- 5Gm2
- 5Em3
- 5Em3Dm1
- 6Dm3Dm1
- 6Bm4Cm1
- 6Bm4Am2
- 4Am2 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 4Am2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the AGEDBC octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor scale 3nps box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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AGEDBC octaves (BEADGC : 6-string bass standard tuning)
A minor scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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