Octave Method for 7-String Guitar (Low B)

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Octave Method for Seven String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar
(Low B) based on an instrument 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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Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar
(Low B) 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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EDBAG octaves : 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes and join them all together to form one long EDBAG octaves chain for 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning.

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The EDBAG octaves sequence is shown for F natural in the diagram that follows:-

EDBAG octaves F natural octaves

GuitarPro6 F natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the F major-dominant seventh arpeggio notes plotted over the
7-string guitar's fretboard in the EDBAG octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

EDBAG octaves F major-dominant seventh arpeggio notes

NOTE :- The F major-dominant seventh is an amalgamation of the F major seventh and F dominant seventh arpeggios; GuitarPro6 diagrams of both these arpeggios follow:-

GuitarPro6 fingerboard - F major seventh arpeggio

GuitarPro6 F major seventh arpeggio

NOTE:- The GuitarPro6 fingerboard that follows for the F dominant seventh arpeggio shows E♭'s enharmonic equivalent spelling of D♯ (the augmented sixth interval name rather than the minor seventh) used elsewhere on this page.

GuitarPro6 fingerboard - F dominant seventh arpeggio

GuitarPro6 F dominant seventh arpeggio

As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales 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 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio are detailed below in the EDBAG octaves manner:-

EDBAG octaves F major-dominant seventh arpeggio intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the F major-dominant seventh arpeggio in the EDBAG octaves style.

EDBAG octaves : 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio : Box shape pdf files

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F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape pdf
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7D4D2 box shape pdf
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7B5B2 box shape pdf
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 5a3 box shape pdf
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6G3G1 box shape pdf
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape at 12 pdf

EDBAG octaves : 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio : YouTube box shapes

  • 6E4E1
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 5A3
  • 6G3G1
  • 6E4E1 at 12

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape at 12

EDBAG octaves : 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio : Box shapes & TAB

  • 6E4E1
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 5A3
  • 6G3G1
  • 6E4E1 at 12

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7D4D2 box shape

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 7B4B2box shape

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 5A3 box shape

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6G3G1 box shape

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio 6E4E1 box shape 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 - 6E4E1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the EDBAG octaves chain-linked sequence for the F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes.

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes TAB

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes

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F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes pdf

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EDBAG octaves : 7-string guitar in standard BEADGBE tuning
F major-dominant seventh arpeggio : All fretboard box shapes

EDBAG octaves fingerboard : F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes notes pdf

EDBAG octaves fingerboard : F major-dominant seventh arpeggio box shapes intervals pdf

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