Octave Method for Drop D : 6-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale : General
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A pentatonic 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 pentatonic minor scale notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's DADGBE fretboard in the AGEDC octaves (Drop D) and GuitarPro7 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A pentatonic minor scale
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 pentatonic minor scale are detailed below in the
AGEDC octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A pentatonic minor scale in the
AGEDC octaves style for Drop D tuning.
AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale : YouTube videos & pdf files
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AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale : Box shapes on YouTube
- 5Am3
- 3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 6Dm4Dm2
- 5Cm2
- 5Am3 at 12
AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale : Box shapes & TAB
- 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 pentatonic minor scale box shapes. |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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AGEDC octaves (Drop D : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
A pentatonic minor scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
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