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 (BEADGBE: Low B tuning)
C major arpeggio : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the C major arpeggio for 7-string guitar (Low B).

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

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

BAGED octaves fretboard C natural octaves

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).

BAGED octaves : C natural octaves

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

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio entire fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major arpeggio

GuitarPro6 C amjor arpeggio fingerboard

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 arpeggio are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio entire fretboard intervals

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


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

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BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 5A3 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 6G3G1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 6E4E1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 at 12 box shape pdf

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

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

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12


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

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

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio : 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 major arpeggio box shapes.


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 C major arpeggio box shapes TAB


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes

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

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BAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes pdf

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes GuitarPro7 TAB pdfBAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes GuitarPro7 TAB pdf


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

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard notes

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard intervals


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