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 scale box shapes
In BLOGoZON No.24 the individual box shapes for the C MAJOR SCALE - also known as the IONIAN MODE - 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 CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow shows all of the C major scale (Ionian mode) notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's
fretboard in both the 
and 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 scale (Ionian mode)
are detailed below in the CAGED octaves manner:-
All scales (and modes for that matter) have an underlying triad - 3 note chord - that defines their tonality.
In the case of the C major scale this is the C major arpeggio - hence the notes for an C major triad are shown the CAGED octaves style in the next diagram.
Similarly the intervals forming a C major arpeggio are shown next:-
The C major arpeggio box shapes are explored in detail in BLOGoZON No.28.
The table and tabbed panel below detail all five box shapes for the C major scale (ionian mode) in the CAGED octaves style.
CAGED octaves - C major 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 scale (ionian mode) box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
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