Octave Method for Low B : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale : General
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A pentatonic minor scale for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).
Below the AGEDA octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : 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).
The diagrams that follow show all of the A pentatonic minor scale notes plotted over
the 7-string guitar's fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro6 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 AGEDB octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A pentatonic minor scale for 7-string guitar (Low B: BEADGBE).
AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale : YouTube videos and pdf files
AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale : YouTube videos
- 5Am3
- 6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 5Am3 at 12
BAGED octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale : Box shapes
- 5Am3
- 6Gm3Gm1
- 6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 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 AGEDB 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:-
AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf
AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Low B - BEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale : Overall fretboard box shapes
The Loner....Zon Brookes |