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MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : General
In BLOGoZON No.768 the standard box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale were presented
using the BAF♯ED octaves methodology for MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭).
In this BLOGoZON we take a second look at the C pentatonic major scale, but with 3131 sweep patterns
and join them all together 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 diagram that follows shows all five of the BAF♯ED octaves shapes for use with the
3131 sweep patterns for a MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C pentatonic major scale 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 pentatonic major scale are detailed below in the BAF♯ED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the C pentatonic major scale
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 pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
YouTube videos & pdf files
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : YouTube videos
3B1:4A1
4A1:4F#2
4F#2:2E*
2E*:3D*
3D*:3B1
3B1:4A1 at 12
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps : Box shapes & TAB
3B1:4A1
4A1:4F#2
4F#2:2E*
2E*:3D*
3D*:3B1
3B1:4A1 at 12
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 - 3B1:4A1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
MESHUGGAH's 4-string bass tuning (F B♭ E♭ A♭)
C pentatonic major scale - 3131 sweeps
Overall fretboard box shapes
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