Octave Method for 8-string Guitar (Low F#)
Major Scales & Arpeggios

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Octave Method for Eight String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 8-string guitar
(Low F#) 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.
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Octave Method for Low F# : 8-String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 8-string guitar
(Low F#) 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.

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AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A natural minor scale : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A natural minor scale for 8-string guitar in factory standard tuning .

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Below the AF♯GEDB octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-

AF#GEDB octaves for A natural

GuitarPro6 A natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the A natural minor scale notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's

fretboard in both the Guitar Pro and AF♯GADB octaves styles:-

GuitarPro6 A naural minor scale

AF#GEDB octaves fretboard A minor scale notes

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 natural minor scale are detailed below in the
AF♯GEDB octaves manner:-

AF#GEDB octaves fretboard A minor scale intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A natural minor scale in the
AF♯GEDB octaves style.

AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A natural minor scale : Box shape pdf files

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A natural minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 8F#m6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf
A natural minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape at 12 pdf

AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A natural minor scale : YouTube box shapes

  • 8Am5Am3
  • 8F♯m6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 8Am5Am3 at 12

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 8F#m6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 A nautral minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape at 12

AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A natural minor scale : Box shapes & TAB

  • 8Am5Am3
  • 8F♯m6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 8Am5Am3 at 12

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 8F#m6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 6Em4Em1 box shape

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

AF#GEDB octaves A minor scale 8Am5Am3 box shape 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 - 8Am5Am3 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the BAF♯GED octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor scale box shapes.

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

A minor scale box shapes TAB

The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-

A minor scale box shapes

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A minor scale box shapes pdf

A minor scale box shapes TAB pdfA minor scale box shapes TAB pdf

AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A natural minor scale : All fretboard box shapes

AF#GEDB octaves fretboard A minor scale notes

AF#GEDB octaves fretboard A minor scale intervals

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