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


Octave Method for Drop D: 6-String Guitar eBook

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Octave Method for Drop D Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop D :
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 Drop D : 6-String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop D :
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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AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor blues scale and join them all together
for 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) to form one long AGEDC octaves chain.

AGEDC octaves logo (6-string guitar : Drop D -DADGBE)

Below the 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows.

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D -DADGBE) - A natural octaves fretboard

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 a 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE).

6-String Guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : A natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor blues scale notes plotted over the
6-string guitar's (Drop D - DADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDC octaves and GuitarPro7 styles.

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) A minor blues scale fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor blues scale

GuitarPro7 A minor blues 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 minor blues scale are detailed below in the AGEDC octaves manner.

AGEDC octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) A minor blues scale fretboard intervals

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


AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale : YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 3Gm1 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 6Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape pdf
AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape pdf

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale : Box shapes on YouTube

  • 5Am3
  • 3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 6Dm4Dm2
  • 5Cm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 6Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 5Cm2 box shape

GuitarPro7 fingerboard  A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape at 12


AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale : Box shapes & TAB

  • 5Am3
  • 3Gm1
  • 6Em4Em1
  • 6Dm4Dm2
  • 5Cm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 5Am3 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 3Gm1 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 6Dm4Dm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 5Cm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale : 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 AGEDC octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor blues scale box shapes.


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor blues scale box shapes (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE)


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

A minor blues scale box shapes (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE)

AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor blues scale box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: A minor blues scale box shapes pdf


AGEDC octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
A minor blues scale : Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale fretboard notes

AGEDC octaves A minor blues scale fretboard intervals


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