Octave Method for 6-String Bass (Low B)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A minor arpeggio (3nps) : General
In BLOGoZON No.652 the box shapes for the A minor arpeggio
were presented 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC) using the AGEDBC octaves methodology.
In this BLOGoZON we look at the A minor arpeggio, again, but with
3nps shapes and join them all together to form one long AGEDBC octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the AGEDBC octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for a 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC).
The AGEDBC octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over the
6-string bass' fretboard in the AGEDBC octaves and GuitarPro6 manner.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor arpeggio
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
A minor arpeggio are detailed below in the AGEDBC octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor arpeggio in the
AGEDBC octaves style.
AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A minor arpeggio (3nps) box shapes : pdf
AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A minor arpeggio (3nps) box shapes : YouTube videos
- 4Am2
- 5Gm2
- 5Em3
- 5Em3Dm1
- 6Dm3Dm1
- 6Bm4Cm1
- 6Bm4Am2
- 4Am2 at 12
- 4Am2
- 5Gm2
- 5Em3
- 5Em3Dm1
- 6Dm3Dm1
- 6Bm4Cm1
- 6Bm4Am2
- 4Am2 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 - 4Am2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the AGEDBC octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor arpeggio (3nps) box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A minor arpeggio (3nps)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A minor arpeggio (3nps) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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