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exact same notes on the bass

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xdanxx

Mar 12, 2008
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Is there a chart, or general guideline somewhere that lays out the where the exact same notes are on a bass guitar? I don't mean octaves, I mean, for instance, playing C on the A string 3rd fret and C on the 8th fret E string are the same note.
 
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#3
Sorry, its been a long weekend thanks for the correction.

The link wasn't quite what I was looking for though. I know the note names on the neck, what I don't know is which notes are exactly similar. Another instance on what I am talking about is E fretted 5th string and open A string
 
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six frets difference on adjacent strings .. or what you described, all along the neck ... however, they may be the same note, but will reflect a different resonance/sound/character depending on the position and tension (etc) involved
 
#8
I took this diagram (made by someone else) and colored the notes that are the same on different strings. It should give you, at least, a basic idea of how to look for the same note on different positions.
 

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#9
Go Here Bass Clef Fretboard Notes Then there is a high-lighted Bass Clef Notes on the Bass Fretboard pdf (545kb) - click that.

If you have a 22 fret (4 string) you have three octaves of notes on the fretboard, this pdf will give you the octave cluster each note falls into. Notice, once you pass the 10th fret you will no longer have any 1st octave notes The chart goes up to the 17th fret beyond that you will have to figure it out.

Good luck.
 
#11
One of the first tips I ever learned is what I have named, "the box-octave trick".

On a 4-string bass: Find and NAME any note on the E-String. Go two frets higher in pitch ; cross over to the D String. It will always be the octave; same named note. Same rule applies with any note on the A String and 2 frets higher on the G String. Always same note; an octave higher. I call it "box octave", because the shape resembles a box to me and is always an octave.

I hope this helps; it was an epiphany for me when I was shown.
 
#12
What I did was learn the E note all over the neck, playing it with a metronome, once I learned the E, D and F was easy , once I learned these three notes I move to A, after learned A , G B C was easy, sounds boring but it worked for me.
 
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zon6c-f said:
One of the first tips I ever learned is what I have named, "the box-octave trick".

On a 4-string bass: Find and NAME any note on the E-String. Go two frets higher in pitch ; cross over to the D String. It will always be the octave; same named note. Same rule applies with any note on the A String and 2 frets higher on the G String. Always same note; an octave higher. I call it "box octave", because the shape resembles a box to me and is always an octave.

I hope this helps; it was an epiphany for me when I was shown.
Click to expand...

Neat, I knew that, but, had not "seen" that. We do tend to focus on what we have been doing. Forrest and trees.
 
#14
MalcomAmos..In Spring of 1971, I met a couple of guitarists who taught me the box octave pattern. When they taught me the 3-chord turn-around [bass pattern], I had my second epihany or "light bulb moment". When I realized that the 3-chord pattern was moveable; applicable to any key, I entered the world of jamming. They introduced me to starting a jam from a bass pattern of my own design; usually within "the box" and a note or two added outside..AMAZING...I COULD JAM..WITH ANYONE!! I was shown how J.S. BACH had many compositions with a "pedal", which is a continued bass pattern.

Bach is one of the greatest bass players ever, yet he did not play Bass...LOL... Ray Manzerek of The Doors is also a great bass pattern composer; he played most Doors hits on a Piano Bass with his left hand like an auto-bass machine.

So many tunes come from that box, which later I leanrned was a 1-4-5 pattern: "Louie-Louie", "Bad Moon Risin"..thousands more in the 3-chord vein.

From then on, I have been able to start a jam: Get the drummers attention/ announce the tempo of my pattern: 3/4 or 6/8.....etc.. ,announce a key, initiate my pattern; the drummer startsto groove wit hmy pattern; followed by guitars or keys, etcetera and the jam begins..always fun, always expect the unexpected.
 

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