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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Acle Kahney

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Acle Kahney

Acle Kahney is the 7-string lead guitarist for TesseracT.

Acle tunes his 7-string to B F B E F B E with the low B string sometimes being tuned down a further tone to A.

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A natural minor scale box shapes for 7 string guitar

The disguised CAGED octaves method for the A natural minor scale on 7-string guitar now follows:-

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The 7-string guitar CAGED octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-

ZZZZZ octaves A natural

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The diagram that follows shows all of the A natural minor scale notes plotted over the 7-string guitar's

fretboard in both the Guitar Pro and CAGED octaves styles:-

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ZZZZZ octaves A natural minor scale notes

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 7-string guitar in the CAGED octaves manner:-

ZZZZZ octaves A natural minor scale intervals

The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the A natural minor scale for the 7-string guitar in the CAGED octaves style.


7-string guitar C major scale box shapes

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A natural minor scale 5Zm3 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 6Zm3Zm1 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 6Zm4Zm1 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 7Zm4Zm2 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 7Zm5Zm2 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 5Zm3 box shape at fret 12

  • 5Zm3
  • 6Zm3Zm1
  • 6Zm4Zm1
  • 7Zm4Zm2
  • 7Zm5Zm2
  • 5Zm3 at 12


  • 5Zm3
  • 6Zm3Zm1
  • 6Zm4Zm1
  • 7Zm4Zm2
  • 7Zm5Zm2
  • 5Zm3 at 12

A natural minor scale 5Zm3 box shape

A natural minor scale 6Zm3Zm1 box shape

A natural minor scale 6Zm4Zm1 box shape

A natural minor scale 7Zm4Zm2 box shape

A natural minor scale 7Zm5Zm2 box shape

A natural minor scale 5Zm3 box shape at fret 12


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