Octave Method for 6-String Guitar : Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Six String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for 6-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. |
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C major blues scale box shapes
In BLOGoZON No.91 the individual box shapes for the C MAJOR BLUES SCALE were presented using
the CAGED octaves methodology.
In this weeks BLOGoZON the box shapes are revisited individually but they are also brought together in one exercise that covers every single shape chain-linked together to cover the length of the neck.
The easiest example of the MAJOR BLUES SCALE is rooted on C natural, hence the CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all of the C major blues scale notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's fretboard in the CAGED octaves styles:-
A more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/modes/arpeggios as INTERVAL shapes rather than note names - as these are universal to all scales, modes, arpeggios and chords rather than specific to one particular root note - with this in mind the intervals for the C major blues scale are detailed below in the CAGED octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the C major blues scale for the 6-string guitar in the CAGED octaves style.
CAGED octaves - C major blues scale box shapes
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- 5C2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 5C2 at 12
- 5C2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 5C2 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all five shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 5C2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C major blues scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
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