Octave Method for 6-String Guitar : Major Scales & Arpeggios


CAGED octaves method for 6-string guitar

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Octave Method for Six String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.


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Octave Method for 6-String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for 6-string guitar 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.

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AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor arpeggio and join them all together for
6-string guitar (E standard tuning - EADGBE) in standard tuning to form one long AGEDC octaves chain.

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The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDC octaves shapes for use with
the standard patterns for 6-string guitar (E standard tuning - EADGBE).

AGEDC octaves : octave shapes

The AGEDC octaves sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows.

AGEDC octaves fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDC octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for 6-string guitar (E standard tuning - EADGBE) in standard tuning :-

AGEDC octaves : A natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over
the 6-string guitar's fretboard in the AGEDC octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

AGEDC octaves fingerboard A minor arpeggio notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor arpeggio

GuitarPro6 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 AGEDC octaves manner:-

AGEDC octaves fingerboard A minor arpeggio intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor arpeggio in the AGEDC octaves style.


AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 4Dm2 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Cm2 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape at 12 pdf

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Box shapes on YouTube

  • 5Am3
  • 6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 4Dm2
  • 5Cm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

GuitarPro6 5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 5Cm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 5Am3 box shape at 12


AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Box shapes & TAB

  • 5Am3
  • 6Gm3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 4Dm2
  • 5Cm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 4Dm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Cm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape


Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven 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 minor arpeggio box shapes.



The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB : A minor arpeggio box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf

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AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB : AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB : AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes pdf


AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : E standard tuning - EADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard notes

AGEDC octaves A minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard intervals


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