Octave Method for Low E : 4-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : General
In BLOGoZON No.578 the pseudo 3nps box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale
were presented using the CAGED4BASS methodology for 4-string bass (Low E - EADG).
In this BLOGoZON we look at the C pentatonic major scale, again, but with 3131 sweep patterns
and join them all together to form one long CAGED4BASS chain.
The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED4BASS shapes for use with the
3131 sweep patterns for a 4-string bass (Low E - EADG).
The conjoined CAGED4BASS sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED4BASS shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (Low E - EADG).
The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED4BASS shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (Low E - EADG).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C pentatonic major scale notes plotted over the
4-string bass guitar's
fretboard in the CAGED4BASS style.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C pentatonic 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 pentatonic major scale are detailed below in the CAGED4BASS manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale
in the
CAGED4BASS style for 4-string bass (Low E - EADG).
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
YouTube videos & pdf files
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : YouTube videos
3C*:3A1
3A1:4G1
4G1:4E2
4E2:2D*
2D*:3C*
3C*:3A1 at 12
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : Box shapes & TAB
3C*:3A1
3A1:4G1
4G1:4E2
4E2:2D*
2D*:3C*
3C*:3A1 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 - 3C*:3A1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
CAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (Low E - EADG)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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