Octave Method for 8-string Guitar (Low F#)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
    
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BAF#GED octaves : 8-string guitar low F# tuning (F#BEADGBE)
    C major scale (3 notes per string) : General
    In BLOGoZON No.337 the  box shapes for the C ionian mode (major scale) were presented using
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  BAGED octaves methodology - this is the standard BAF#GED 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 BAF#GED octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAF#GED octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for an 8-string guitar tuned to F#BEADGBE :-

The conjoined BAF#GED 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 ionian mode (major scale) notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's fretboard in the BAF#GED octaves 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
    BAF#GED octaves manner:- 

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven  box shapes
	for the C ionian mode (major scale) in the
    BAF#GED octaves style.
BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low F# tuning (F#BEADGBE)
    C major scale (3nps) : YouTube videos & pdf files
    
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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
    C major scale (3nps) : Box shapes on YouTube
- 7B5A3
 - 8A5A3G1
 - 8F#6G3G1
 - 8F#6E4E1
 - 6E4D2
 - 7D4D2
 - 7B5B2
 - 7B5A3 at 12
 








- 7B5A3
 - 8A5A3G1
 - 8F#6G3G1
 - 8F#6E4E1
 - 6E4D2
 - 7D4D2
 - 7B5B2
 - 7B5A3 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 - 7B5A3 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the BAF#GED octaves chain-linked sequence for the C major scale box shapes.  | 
    
The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-

The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
    C major scale (3nps) : Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
    
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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in low G tuning (GBEADGBE)
    C major scale (3nps) : Overall fretboard box shapes
    
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