Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios

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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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the C pentatonic major scale for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

BAGED octaves logo : 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE)

Below the BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-

C natural octave shapes : 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE)

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

BAGED octaves : C natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the C pentatonic major scale notes plotted over
the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale entire fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C pentatonic major scale

GuitarPro6 C pentatonic 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 pentatonic major scale are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale entire fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven box shapes for the
C pentatonic major scale for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : box shapes

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C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 7B5B2 box shape pdf
C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 5A3 box shape pdf
C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 6G3G1 box shape pdf
C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 6E4E1 box shape pdf
C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 7D4D2 box shape pdf
C pentatonic major scale (7-string: Low B) - 7B5B2 box shape at 12 pdf

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 7B5B2 box shape at fret 12

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : box shapes

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

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 7D4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale : 7B5B2 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 - 7B5B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C pentatonic major scale box shapes.

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: C pentatonic major pentatonic (7-string guitar : Low B - BEADGBE)

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale box shapes

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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C pentatonic major scale box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: C pentatonic scale (7-string guitar : Low B - BEADGBE)C pentatonic major scale box shapes TAB pdf

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves C pentatonic major scale fingerbord box shapes notes pdf

BAGED octaves fingerboard C pentatonic major scale box shapes intervals

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