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 (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A) for
7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE) forming one long BAGED octaves chain.

BAGED octaves logo : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)

Below the BAGED octaves sequence is shown for C natural over the entire fretboard.

C natural octave shapes : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)


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)

BAGED octaves : C natural octave shapes

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 (B1 standard - BEADGBE).

BAGED octaves 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE): C natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
notes plotted over the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro8 styles.

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) entire fretboard notes

GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)

GuitarPro8 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 (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A) are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A) for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
YouTube videos & box shape pdf files

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BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7B5B2 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 5A3 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 6G3G1 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 6E4E1 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7D4D2 box shape
BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7B5B2 box shape at 12

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
GuitarPro6 fingerboards & YouTube videos

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

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (7-string guitar : Low B tuning) C major blues scale : 7B5B2 box shape at 12


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
Box shapes & GuitarPro8 TAB

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

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7d4d2 box shape

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) : 7B5B2 box shape at 12


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
YouTube video

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
C major blues scale box shapes for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)

The GuitarPro8 TAB shown below demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence
for the C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A) box shapes
for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).

GuitarPro8 TAB: C major blues scale box shapes


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
Box shapes

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow.

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf

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BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) box shapes

GuitarPro8 TAB: C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) box shapes pdfGuitarPro8 TAB: C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) box shapes pdf


BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major blues scale (1 2 ♭3 3 5 6 - C D E♭ E G A)
Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) fingerboard notes pdf

BAGED octaves C major blues scale (7-string guitar : B1 standard - BEADGBE) fingerboard intervals pdf


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