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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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale) : General
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the C ionian mode (major scale) for 8-string guitar in Low G tuning.
Below the BAGED octaves for low G sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the C ionian mode (major scale) notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's GBEADGBE fretboard in the BAGED octaves (low G) and GuitarPro6 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 ionian mode (major scale) are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C ionian mode (major scale) in the
BAGED octaves style.
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale) : YouTube videos & pdf files
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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale) : Box shapes on YouTube
- 7B5B2
- 8A5A3
- 8G6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale) : Box shapes & TAB
- 7B5B2
- 8A5A3
- 8G6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2 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 - 7B5B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C ionian mode (major scale) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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A night to remember....Zon Brookes |
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