Octave Method for 8-string Guitar (Low F#)
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Eight String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 8-string guitar |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for Low F# : 8-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for 8-string guitar |
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ESP E-II Standard HRF NT-8B
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AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A minor arpeggio : General
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A minor arpeggio for 8-string guitar in factory standard tuning .
Below the AF♯GEDB octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's
fretboard in both the 
and AF♯GADB octaves 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 arpeggio are detailed below in the
AF♯GEDB octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A minor arpeggio in the
AF♯GEDB octaves style.
AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A minor arpeggio : Box shape pdf files
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AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A minor arpeggio : YouTube box shapes
- 8Am5Am3
- 8F♯m6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 8Am5Am3 at 12
AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A minor arpeggio : Box shapes & TAB
- 8Am5Am3
- 8F♯m6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 8Am5Am3 at 12
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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 arpeggio box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-
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AF♯GEDB octaves: 8-string guitar in standard F♯BEADGBE tuning
A minor arpeggio : Complete fretboard box shapes
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Taking every shot....Zon Brookes |
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