Octave Method for Drop D : 6-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C pentatonic major scale and join them all together
for 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) to form one long CAGED octaves chain.
Below the 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) 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 (Drop D - DADGBE).
The diagrams that follow show all of the C pentatonic major scale notes plotted over the
6-string guitar's (Drop D - DADGBE) fretboard in the CAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : 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 CAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C pentatonic major scale in the
CAGED octaves style.
CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : YouTube videos & pdf files
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CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major arpeggio : Box shapes on YouTube
- 5C2
- 5A3
- 3G1
- 6E4E1
- 6D4D2
- 5C2 at 12
CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Box shapes & TAB
- 5C2
- 5A3
- 3G1
- 6E4E1
- 6D4D2
- 5C2 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 video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C pentatonic major scale box shapes. |
CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : GuitarPro7 TAB
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Box shapes
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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