Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios

Octave Method for 5-String Bass

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Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 5-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.


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Octave Method for Five String Bass


Fretboard navigation method for 5-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass Paper Book


BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major blues scale box shapes and join them all together
for 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG) to form one long BAGED octaves chain.

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The BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-

BAGED octaves fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG); this links to the downloadable pdf document which also contains the video and GuitarPro7 file.

5-String Bass (Low B) : C natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major blues scale notes plotted over the
5-string bass' fretboard in the BAGED octaves.

BAGED octaves fingerboard C major blues scale notes

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 blues scale are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

BAGED octaves fingerboard C major blues scale intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes
for the C major blues scale in the BAGED octaves style.


BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale box shapes

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BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 3A1 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 4G1 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 4E2 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 5D2 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape at 12

BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale box shapes

  • 5B3
  • 3A1
  • 4G1
  • 4E2
  • 5D2
  • 5B3 at 12

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 3A1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 4G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 4E2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 5D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (5-string bass : Low B) C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape at 12


BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale box shapes

  • 5B3
  • 3A1
  • 4G1
  • 4E2
  • 5D2
  • 5B3 at 12

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 3A1 box shape

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 4G1 box shape

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 4E2 box shape

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 5D2 box shape

BAGED octaves (5-string bass : Low B -BEADG) C major blues scale : 5B3 box shape 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 complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: C major blues scale box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

C major blues scale (5-string bass: Low B - BEADG) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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C major blues scale (5-string bass : Low B - BEADG) box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: C major blues scale (5-string bass: Low B) box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: C major blues scale (5-string bass: Low B) box shapes pdf


BAGED octaves : 5-string bass (Low B - BEADG)
C major blues scale : Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves (5-string bass: Low B - BEADG) fingerboard C major blues scale notes pdf

BAGED octaves (5-string bass: Low B - BEADG) fingerboard C major blues scale intervals pdf


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