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The symmetry of the fingerboard

The fingerboard of the bass guitar is completely symmetrical. This allows us to identify shapes and patterns and move them around easily, transferring the same shape or pattern to a different starting note.

It is in fact easily possible to use this idea to create a bass line for a complete song.

Next: Transferring octave shapes

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