Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G) 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 major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
notes plotted over
the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro8 styles.
GuitarPro8 fingerboard : C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)

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-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G) are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G) for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
YouTube videos & box shape pdf files
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
GuitarPro6 fingerboards & YouTube videos
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE) |
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 6G3G1
- 6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2 at 12
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
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 |
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
GuitarPro8 TAB
The GuitarPro8 TAB shown below demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G) box shapes for 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE).
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
Box shapes
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (B1 standard - BEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio (1 ♭3 3 5 - C E♭ E G)
Overall fretboard box shapes
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