Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps : General
In BLOGoZON No.528 the box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode) were presented
using the BAGED octaves methodology for 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG).
In this BLOGoZON we look at the C major scale (ionian mode), again, but with 3nps shapes and
join them all together to form one long BAGED octaves chain.
The BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for an 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG).
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG).
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) notes plotted over the
6-string bass' fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C major scale (ionian mode)
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 (ionian mode) are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) in the
BAGED octaves style.
BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps : YouTube videos & pdf files
BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps : YouTube videos
- 5B3
- 5B3A1
- 3A1
- 6G4G1
- 6E4E2
- 6E4E2D
- 5D2
- 5B3 at 12
BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps : box shapes
- 5B3
- 5B3A1
- 3A1
- 6G4G1
- 6E4E2
- 6E4E2D
- 5D2
- 5B3 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 - 5B3 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows.
BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf
BAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Drop E0 - EBEADG)
C major scale (ionian mode) - 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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