Octave Method for 6-String Guitar : Major Scales & Arpeggios
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CAGED octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
C major arpeggio : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major arpeggio box shapes and join them all together for
6-string guitar in standard tuning to form one long CAGED octaves chain.
The CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 6-string guitar in standard tuning :-
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major arpeggio notes plotted over the
6-string guitar's fretboard in the CAGED 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 CAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major arpeggio in the
CAGED octaves style.
CAGED octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
C major arpeggio : YouTube videos & pdf files
CAGED octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
C major arpeggio : Box shapes on YouTube
- 5C2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 5C2 at 12
CAGED octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
C major arpeggio : Box shapes & TAB
- 5C2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 5C2 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven 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 arpeggio box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
CAGED octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
C major arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes
Breathe....Zon Brookes |