Octave Method for 6-String Guitar : Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Six String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use. |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for 6-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar 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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A natural minor scale box shapes
In BLOGoZON No.26 the individual box shapes for the A NATURAL MINOR SCALE were presented using
the CAGED octaves methodology.
In this weeks BLOGoZON the box shapes are revisited individually but they are also brought together in one exercise that covers every single shape chain-linked to cover the length of the neck.
The AGEDC octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the A natural minor scale notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's
fretboard in both the 
and AGEDC octaves styles:-
As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/arpeggios 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 A natural minor scale are detailed below for the
6-string guitar in the AGEDC octaves manner:-
The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the A natural minor scale for the 6-string guitar in the AGEDC octaves style.
6 string guitar - A natural minor scale box shapes
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- 5Am3
- 6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 4Dm2
- 5Cm2
- 5Am3 at 12
- 5Am3
- 6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 4Dm2
- 5Cm2
- 5Am3 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 - 5Am3 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the A natural minor scale box shapes. |
The complete tab for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
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