Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass
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Octave Method for Six String Bass

Fretboard navigation method for 6-string bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.
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Octave Method for Low B : 6-String Bass

Fretboard navigation method for 6-String Bass
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

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

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : General

In BLOGoZON No.657 the standard box shapes for the A pentatonic minor scale
were presented using the AGEDBC octaves methodology for 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC).

AGEDBC octaves logo: 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)

In this BLOGoZON we look at the A pentatonic minor scale, again, but with pseudo 3nps patterns
and join them all together to form one long AGEDBC octaves chain.

The AGEDBC octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows.

AGEDBC octaves fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDBC octaves shapes for use with the
pseudo Three-Notes-Per-String patterns for a 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC).

A natural octaves (pseudo 3nps)

The diagrams that follow show all of the A pentatonic minor scale notes plotted over the
6-string bass' fretboard in the AGEDBC octaves and GuitarPro6 manner.

AGEDBC octaves (6-string bass : Low B - BEADGC) A pentatonic minor scale fingerboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A pentatonic minor scale

GuitarPro6 A pentatonic minor 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
A pentatonic minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDBC octaves manner.

AGEDBC octaves (6-string bass : Low B - BEADGC) A pentatonic minor scale fingerboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A pentatonic minor scale in the AGEDBC octaves style.

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 4Am2:5Gm2 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 5Gm2:5Em3 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 5Em3:6Dm3Dm1 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 6Dm3Dm1:6Bm4Cm1 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 6Bm4Cm1:4Am2 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 4Am2:5Gm2 box shape at 12 (pseudo 3nps) pdf

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : YouTube videos

  • 4Am2
    5Gm2

  • 5Gm2
    5Em3

  • 5Em3
    6Dm3Dm1

  • 6Dm3Dm1
    6Bm4Cm1

  • 6Bm4Cm1
    4Am2

  • 4Am2
    5Gm2 at 12

4Am2:5Gm2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

5Gm2:5Em3 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

5Em3:6Dm3Dm1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

6Dm3Dm1:6Bm4Cm1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

6Bm4Cm1:4Am2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

4Am2:5Gm2 at 12 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : Box shapes & TAB

  • 4Am2
    5Gm2

  • 5Gm2
    5Em3

  • 5Em3
    6Dm3Dm1

  • 6Dm3Dm1
    6Bm4Cm1

  • 6Bm4Cm1
    4Am2

  • 4Am2
    5Gm2 at 12

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 4Am2:5Gm2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 5Gm2:5Em2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 5Em2:6Dm3Dm1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 5Em2:6Dm3Dm1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Bm4Cm1:4Am2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 4Am2:5Gm2 box shape at 12 (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : GuitarPro7 TAB

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 - 4Am2:5Gm2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : Box shapes

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow.

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf

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AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes pdf

AGEDBC octaves : 6-string bass (Low B - BEADGC)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes : entire fretboard notes

AGEDBC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) box shapes : entire fretboard intervals

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