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

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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.

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AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
pseudo 3nps: General

In BLOGoZON No.676 the standard box shapes for the A pentatonic minor scale
were presented using the AGEDC octaves methodology for 6-string guitar (Drop D - AEADGBE).

AGEDC octaves logo (6-string guitar : Drop D -DADGBE)

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 AGEDC octaves chain.

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDC octaves shapes for use with the
pseudo Three-Notes-Per-String patterns for a 6-string guitar (Drop D - AEADGBE).

A natural octaves pseudo 3nps (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE)

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

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D -DADGBE) - A natural octaves fretboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDC octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE).

6-String Guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : A natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the A pentatonic minor scale notes plotted over the
6-string guitar's (Drop D - DADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDC octaves and GuitarPro7 styles.

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) A pentatonic minor scale fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A pentatonic minor scale

GuitarPro7 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 AGEDC octaves manner.

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) A pentatonic minor scale fretboard intervals

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

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 6Em4Em1:6Dm4Dm2 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 6Dm4Dm2:5Cm2 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 5Cm2:5Am3 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf
AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale : 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape(pseudo 3nps) pdf

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : YouTube videos

  • 5Am3
    3Gm1

  • 3Gm1
    6Em4Em1

  • 6Em4Em1
    6Dm4Dm2

  • 6Dm4Dm2
    5Cm2

  • 5Cm2
    5Am3

  • 5Am3
    3Gm1 at 12

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 6Em4Em1:6Dm4Dm2 box shape

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 6Dm4Dm2:5Cm2 box shape

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 5Cm2:5Am3 box shape

A pentatonic minor scale (pseudo 3nps) - 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape at 12

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : Box shapes & TAB

  • 5Am3
    3Gm1

  • 3Gm1
    6Em4Em1

  • 6Em4Em1
    6Dm4Dm2

  • 6Dm4Dm2
    5Cm2

  • 5Cm2
    5Am3

  • 5Am3
    3Gm1 at 12

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 6Em4Em1:6Dm4Dm2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 6Dm4Dm2:5Cm2 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 5Cm2:5Am3 box shape (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves A pentatonic minor scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) - 5Am3:3Gm1 box shape at 12 (pseudo 3nps)

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
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 - 5Am3:3Gm1 - 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)

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps : Box shapes

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

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

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf

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

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

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - pseudo 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes

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

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

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