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EBS Lesson Six  Developing rock grooves (part 1)

Visualising the octave shape on the fingerboard

We can use these two different G notes to help us understand how to visualise the fingerboard. Allow me to explain with the aid of Figure 4, below.

Look at our picture of the bass fingerboard and look at the shape between the low and the high G notes.

Figure 4. The octave shape on the fingerboard

The octave shape on the fingerboard

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