Why are the scale and arpeggio charts oriented from left to right?
Traditionally, scale charts have been drawn with strings moving higher in pitch from left to right, and frets moving higher in pitch from top to bottom, with the nut at the top. ActiveBass disagrees with this orientation, since this is not how you look at the fingerboard while you are playing. The way a bassist sees the fingerboard during performance is with frets moving higher in pitch from left to right, and strings moving higher in pitch from bottom to top. This orientation is also consistent with tablature. Of course, this also assumes that you are right-handed, so for those left-handed players, we apologize.
