CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode) : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) and join them all together
for Baritone 6-string guitar (Drop A - AEADF#B) to form one long CAGED octaves chain.

CAGED octaves logo (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)

The CAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.

CAGED octaves logo (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - BEADF#B) : C natural octaves fingerboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a Baritone 6-string guitar (Drop A - AEADF#B)

CAGED octaves logo (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) : C natural octaves

C natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) notes plotted over the
Baritone 6-string guitar (Drop A - AEADF#B) fretboard in the CAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.

Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B : C major scale (ionian mode) fingerboard note names

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major scale (ionian mode)

GuitarPro6 C major scale

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 scale (ionian mode) are detailed below in the CAGED octaves manner.

Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B : C major scale (ionian mode) fingerboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) in the CAGED octaves style.


CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode) : YouTube videos & pdf files

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CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 5C2 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 5A3 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 6G3G1 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 6E4E1 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 4D2 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) : 5C2 box shape at 12 pdf

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Box shapes on YouTube

  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 3G1
  • 6E4E1
  • 6D4D2
  • 5C2 at 12

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5C2 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5A3 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 3G1 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 6E4E1 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 6D4D2 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5C2 box shape at 12


CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Box shapes & TAB

  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 3G1
  • 6E4E1
  • 6D4D2
  • 5C2 at 12

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5C2 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5A3 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 6G3G1 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 6E4E1 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 4D2 box shape

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) - 5C2 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 - 5C2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).


The complete GuitarPro8 TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro8 TAB:  CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes


The complete GuitarPro8 TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes


CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdf

GuitarPro8 TAB: CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdfGuitarPro8 TAB: CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdf


CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B)
C major scale (ionian mode) : Overall fretboard box shapes

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes : entire fretboard notes

CAGED octaves (Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes : entire fretboard intervals


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