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

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major arpeggio 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 arpeggio 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 arpeggio fingerboard note names

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major arpeggio

GuitarPro6 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.

Baritone 6-string guitar : Drop A - AEADF#B : C major arpeggio fingerboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major arpeggio in the CAGED octaves style.


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

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

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

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

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 5C2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 6D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio: 5C2 box shape at 12


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


The complete GuitarPro8 TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

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


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

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

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


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

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

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


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