Shape of G Major Scale on Bass Guitar
The above is the shape of the Major scale on the root note of G, i.e. the G Major scale, on the bass guitar. This is on the fretboard of the neck of a 4-string bass guitar, where the leftmost is the topmost part of the bass neck (i.e., the lowest pitch string) and the rightmost is the bottom part of the bass neck (i.e., the highest-pitched string) (refer to 20241215165631-Composite_Chordophone_Hardware_Components). It is read from top to bottom, left to right. The dots signify where fingers would be placed. The sequence of the G Major scale corresponds to the order of the dots, as is apparent when mapped to the notes on the fretboard. The vertical numbers on the left indicate the fret number (count starts from the headstock of the bass guitar onwards).
A given scale, like the Major scale, can be transposed by simply shifting the appropriate shape around the fretboard.
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