Octave Method for Drop D : 6-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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6 string guitar (DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
A minor scale box shapes
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A minor scale for 6-string guitar in Drop D tuning.
Below the AGEDC octaves for drop D sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor scale notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's DADGBE fretboard in the AGEDC octaves (drop D) and GuitarPro6 styles:-
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 A minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDC octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A minor scale in the AGEDC octaves style for drop D tuning.
6 string guitar (DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
A minor scale box shapes
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6 string guitar (DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
A minor scale box shapes
- 5Am3
- 3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 6Dm4Dm2
- 5Cm2
- 5Am3 at 12
6 string guitar (DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
A minor scale box shapes
- 5Am3
- 3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 6Dm4Dm2
- 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 AGEDC 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 follow:-
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6 string guitar (DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
A minor scale box shapes
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Get on your bikes an' ride....Zon Brookes |
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