Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode) : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale box shapes and join them all together for 5-string bass in standard low B tuning to form one long BAGED octaves chain.
The BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 5-string bass' fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major 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 C major scale are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C major scale in the BAGED octaves style.
BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode) : YouTube videos & pdf files
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BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Box shapes on YouTube
- 5B3
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2
- 5D2
- 5B3 at 12
BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Box shapes & TAB
- 5B3
- 3A1
- 4G1
- 4E2
- 5D2
- 5B3 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 - 5B3 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the BAGED 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 follow:-
BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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BAGED octaves (BEADG : 5-string bass standard tuning)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Can you handle it?....Zon Brookes |
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