Octave Method for Drop A : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Seven String Drop A Guitar Fretboard navigation method for Drop A : |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for Drop A : 7-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for Drop A : |
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7 string guitar (AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale (3 notes per string) : General
In BLOGoZON No.331 the box shapes for the C ionian mode (major scale) were presented using
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CAGED octaves methodology - this is the standard BAGED octaves guitar system.
In this BLOGoZON we look at the C ionian mode (major scale), again, but with 3nps shapes and join them all together to form one long BAGED octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for an 7-string guitar tuned to AEADGBE :-
The conjoined BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale notes plotted over the 7-string guitar's AEADGBE fretboard in the BAGED octaves (Drop A) and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C ionian mode (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 ionian mode (major scale) are detailed below in the
BAGED octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C ionian mode (major scale) in the
BAGED octaves Drop A style.
7 string guitar (AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale (3nps) : YouTube videos & pdf files
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7 string guitar (AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale (3nps) : Box shapes on YouTube
- 7B5B2
- 7B5A3
- 7A5A3G1
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 6E4D2
- 4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
- 7B5B2
- 7B5A3
- 7A5A3G1
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 6E4D2
- 4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven 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 Drop A chain-linked sequence for the C ionian mode (major scale) 3nps box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
7 string guitar (AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale (3nps) : Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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7 string guitar (AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale (3nps) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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