Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps : General
In BLOGoZON No.644 the box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode) were presented
using the BCAGED octaves methodology for 6-string bass (Low B).
In this BLOGoZON we again look at the C major scale (ionian mode), but with 3nps shapes and
join them all together to form one long BCAGED octaves 3nps chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BCAGED octaves shapes for use with
the three notes per string patterns for a 6-string bass (Low B).
The conjoined BCAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BCAGED octaves shapes
for use with the
3nps box shapes for a 6-string bass (Low B) :-
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) notes plotted over the
6-string bass' fretboard in the BCAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.
GuitarPro6 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 BCAGED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven 3nps box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) in the
BCAGED octaves style.
BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps : box shapes pdf
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BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps : YouTube videos
- 6B4C1
- 6B4A2
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 5E3D1
- 6D3D1
- 6B4C1 at 12
- 6B4C1
- 6B4A2
- 4A2
- 5G2
- 5E3
- 5E3D1
- 6D3D1
- 6B4C1 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 - 6B4C1 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the BCAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C major scale (3nps) box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
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BCAGED octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
C major scale (ionian mode) 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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Take The Box....Zon Brookes |
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