Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor scale (aeolian mode) and join them all together
for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) to form one long AGEDB octaves chain.
Below the A natural octave sequence is shown for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).
The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
A minor arpeggio box shapes for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor scale (aeolian mode) notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's (Drop E - EBEADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor scale (aeolian mode)

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 scale (aeolian mode) are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner.
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor scale (aeolian mode) in the
AGEDB octaves style.
ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes
ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes
- 5Am3
- 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
- 8Em6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 5Am3 at 12
ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes
- 5Am3
- 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
- 8Em6Em4Em1
- 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:-
ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) : Overall fretboard box shapes
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