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MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode) : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) and join them all together
for MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭) to form one long BAF♯ED octaves chain.
The BAF♯ED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAF♯ED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) notes plotted over the
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭) guitar's
fretboard in the BAF♯ED octaves style.
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 BAF♯ED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode)
in the
BAF♯ED octaves style for MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭).
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes
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MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes
- 3B1
- 4A1
- 4F#2
- 2E*
- 3D*
- 3B1 at 12
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes
- 3B1
- 4A1
- 4F#2
- 2E*
- 3D*
- 3B1 at 12
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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 - 4B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Combustion....Zon Brookes |
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