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Tosin Abasi
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Tosin Abasi is the 8-string lead guitarist for metal band Animals As Leaders. |
Tosin Abasi with the EMG 808X
Tosin Abasi Performs "Wave of Babies" Live at EMG Studios
Jam Play Lesson
Tosin Abasi - Animals As Leaders: GuitarMessenger.com Masterclass Part 1 (Tapping & CAFO)
Tosin Abasi - Animals As Leaders: GuitarMessenger.com Masterclass Part 2 (Tempting Time)
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8-string guitar C major arpeggio (3 notes per string) box shapes
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the CAGED octaves shapes for use with the three notes per string patterns for 8-string guitar tuned with a low G (see table):-
NOTE: Tosin Abasi tunes his 8-string Ibanez TAM100 to EBEADGBE (which is the equivalent of dropped D tuning on a 6-string) the BAGED octaves method for this tuning is explained in BLOGoZON No.204.
The CAGED octaves tuning for 8-string guitar is:-
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The disguised CAGED octaves method for C major arpeggio box shapes (three notes per string) on
8-string guitar now follows:-
The 8-string guitar octave sequence in both the 
and CAGED octaves styles is shown for
C natural in the diagrams that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all of the C major arpeggio notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's fretboard
in both the and CAGED octaves styles:-
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 arpeggio are detailed below for the
8-string guitar in the CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all seven box shapes for the C major arpeggio (three notes per string) for the 8-string guitar in the CAGED octaves style.
8-string guitar C major arpeggio (3 notes per string) box shapes
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- 7Z5Z3
- 8Z5Z3Z1
- 8Z6Z3Z1
- 8Z6Z4Z1
- 6Z4Z2
- 7Z4Z2
- 7Z5Z2
- 7Z5Z3 at 12
- 7Z5Z3
- 8Z5Z3Z1
- 8Z6Z3Z1
- 8Z6Z4Z1
- 6Z4Z2
- 7Z4Z2
- 7Z5Z2
- 7Z5Z3 at 12
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