Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Drop E Eight String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for Drop E : |
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AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : General
This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A minor arpeggio for 8-string guitar in Drop E tuning.
Below the AGEDB octaves for Drop E sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-
The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to EBEADGBE :-
The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's EBEADGBE fretboard in the AGEDB octaves (Drop E) and GuitarPro6 styles:-
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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:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the A minor arpeggio in the
AGEDB octaves style for Drop E tuning.
AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio box shapes
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AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio box shapes
- 5Am3
- 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
- 8Em6Em4Em1
- 7Dm4Dm2
- 7Bm5Bm2
- 5Am3 at 12
AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio 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 complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes
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