Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios

Octave Method for 7-String Guitar (Low B)

 Lulu logo

eBook :

Octave Method for Seven String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar
(Low B) based on an instrument modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.
Lulu logo

Paperbook Book :

Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for 7-string guitar
(Low B) based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

Octave Method for Low B : 5-String Bass Paper Book

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A minor arpeggio for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves logo

Below the AGEDB octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-

A natural octave shapes : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves : A natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over
the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

AGEDB octaves (7-string guitar): A minor arpeggio entire fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor arpeggio

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor arpeggio

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 AGEDB octaves manner:-

AGEDB octaves (7-string guitar): A minor arpeggio entire fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor arpeggio for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : YouTube videos and pdf files

YouTube icon

Flash iconGuitar Pro 6 icon
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape at 12 pdf

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : YouTube videos

  • 5Am3
  • 6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 A minor scale : 5Am3 box shape at 12

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Box shapes

  • 5Am3
  • 6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 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 - 5Am3 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the AGEDB octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor arpeggio box shapes.

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor arpeggio (7-string guitar : Low B - BEADGBE)

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

AGEDB octaves A minor scale box shapes

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf

Flash iconGuitar Pro 6 icon

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor arpeggio (7-string guitar : Low B - BEADGBE)GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor arpeggio (7-string guitar : Low B - BEADGBE)

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard notes

AGEDB octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard intervals

Can't Stay Away From You

Can't Stay Away From You
....Zon Brookes

Gloria Estefan: Greatest Hits

Return to top of page ^