Octave Method for Low E : 4-String Bass
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Four String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass 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. |
Paperbook Book :CAGED4BASS : Octave Method for 4-String Bass Fretboard navigation method for 4-string bass guitar 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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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
and join them all together for 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD) to form
one long BAGED4BASS chain.
The BAGED4BASS 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 BAGED4BASS shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD).
The diagrams that follows show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
notes plotted over the 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD) fretboard in the BAGED4BASS 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) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
are detailed below in the BAGED4BASS manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
in the BAGED4BASS style for 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD).
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
YouTube videos & box shape pdf files
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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shape fingerboards & YouTube videos
- 4B2
- 2A*
- 3G*
- 3E1
- 4D1
- 4B2 at 12
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
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- 4B2
- 2A*
- 3G*
- 3E1
- 4D1
- 4B2 at 12
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
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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 GuitarPro8 TAB shown below demonstrates the BAGED4BASS chain-linked sequence for the
C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B) box shapes
for 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD).
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf
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BAGED4BASS : 4-string bass (4/5ths bass tuning - BEAD)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Overall fretboard box shapes
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