7 string guitar 3nps major scale box shapes


The logo that follows shows the string numbers but omits the all important letter names so as not to give the whole of the game away for free.

ZZZZZ octaves logo

The image that follows shows the seven THREE NOTES PER STRING octave shapes for the 7-string guitar:-

ZZZZZ octaves logo 3nps

The ZZZZZ octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-

C octave shapes

The diagram that follows shows all of string numbers plotted over the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the
ZZZZZ octaves style:-

String numbers

The diagram that follows shows all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the ZZZZZ octaves style:-

C major scale note names

As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/arpeggios as INTERVAL shapes rather than note names - as these are universal to all scales, arpeggios and chords rather than specific to one particular root note - with this in mind the intervals for the C major scale are detailed below in the
ZZZZZ octaves
manner:-

C major scale intervals


ZZZZZ octaves - C major scale 3 notes per string box shapes

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  • 7 5 2
  • 7 5 3
  • 5 3 1
  • 6 3 1
  • 6 4 1
  • 6 4 2
  • 7 4 2
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  • 7 5 2
  • 7 5 3
  • 5 3 1
  • 6 3 1
  • 6 4 1
  • 6 4 2
  • 7 4 2
  • 7 5 2 at 12

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