Octave Method for 8-string Guitar (Low F#)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAF#GED octaves : 8-string guitar low F# tuning (F#BEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3 notes per string) : General
In BLOGoZON No.338 the box shapes for the C major arpeggio were presented using
the
BAF#GED octaves methodology - this is the standard BAF#GED octaves guitar system.
In this BLOGoZON we look at the C major arpeggio, again, but with 3nps shapes and
join them all together to form one long BAF#GED octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAF#GED octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for an 8-string guitar tuned to F#BEADGBE :-
The conjoined BAF#GED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major arpeggio notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's fretboard in the BAF#GED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major 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 C major arpeggio are detailed below in the
BAF#GED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven box shapes
for the C major arpeggio in the
BAF#GED octaves style.
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low F# tuning (F#BEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : YouTube videos & pdf files
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : Box shapes on YouTube
- 7B5A3
- 8A5A3G1
- 8F#6G3G1
- 8F#6E4E1
- 6E4D2
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2
- 7B5A3 at 12
- 7B5A3
- 8A5A3G1
- 8F#6G3G1
- 8F#6E4E1
- 6E4D2
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2
- 7B5A3 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 - 7B5A3 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C major scale (3nps) : Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : Overall fretboard box shapes
Hold the line....Zon Brookes |