Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Seven String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar |
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Ben Savage
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Ben Savage is the ESP LTD BS-7 equipped 7-string guitarist for metal band Whitechapel. |
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Jammin with Ben Savage of Whitechapel pt1
Jammin with Ben Savage of Whitechapel pt2
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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:-
The 7-string guitar CAGED octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all of the A natural minor scale notes plotted over the 7-string guitar's
fretboard in both the 
and CAGED 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 7-string guitar in the CAGED octaves manner:-
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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- 5Zm3
- 6Zm3Zm1
- 6Zm4Zm1
- 7Zm4Zm2
- 7Zm5Zm2
- 5Zm3 at 12
- 5Zm3
- 6Zm3Zm1
- 6Zm4Zm1
- 7Zm4Zm2
- 7Zm5Zm2
- 5Zm3 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 - 7Z5Z2 - being repeated at the 12th fret). The video shown to the right demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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The night remains |
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