Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C pentatonic major scale for
7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE) forming one long BAGED octaves chain.
Below the BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural over the entire fretboard.
The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
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 (B1 standard - BEADGBE).
The diagrams that follow show all of the C pentatonic major scale notes plotted over
the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the BAGED 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 BAGED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C pentatonic major scale for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : YouTube videos & pdf files
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Box shapes on YouTube
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Box shapes & TAB
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 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 video shown below demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the |
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale box shapes : GuitarPro8 TAB
The GuitarPro8 TAB shown below demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the
C pentatonic major scale box shapes for 7-string guitar (F♯1 baritone standard - F♯BEADF♯B).
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C pentatonic major scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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