Octave Method for Drop A : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major blues scale and join them all together
for 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) to form one long BAGED octaves chain.
Below the 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) 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 BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE).
The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE).
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major blues scale notes plotted over the
7-string guitar's (Drop A - AEADGBE) fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major blues 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 blues scale are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major blues scale in the
BAGED octaves style.
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale box shapes
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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale box shapes
- 7B5B2
- 7A5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
BBAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale box shapes
- 7B5B2
- 7A5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 4D2
- 7B5B2 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 complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
C major blues scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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