Octave Method for Drop A : 7-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios


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Octave Method for Seven String Drop A Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop A :
7-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 A : 7-String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop A :
7-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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AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps : General

In BLOGoZON No.718 the standard box shapes for the A pentatonic minor scale
were presented using the AGEDB octaves methodology for 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves logo : 7-string guitar (Drop A: AEADGBE)

In this BLOGoZON we look at the A pentatonic minor scale, again, but with 313131 sweep patterns
and join them all together to form one long AGEDB octaves chain.

Below the 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows.

AGEDB octaves B natural octaves (7-string guitar : Drop A - AEADGBE) fretboard

GuitarPro7 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro7: 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 (Drop A - AEADGBE).

A natural octave shapes

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE).

7-String Guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) : A natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
pseudo Three-Notes-Per-String patterns for a 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE).

A natural octaves pseudo 3nps (7-string guitar : Drop A - AEADGBE)

The diagrams that follow show all of the A pentatonic minor scale notes plotted over the
7-string guitar's (Drop A - AEADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro7 styles.

7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) : AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale fretboard notes

GuitarPro7 fingerboard : A pentatonic minor scale

GuitarPro7: 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.

7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE) : AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale fretboard intervals

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


AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps
YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape (313131 sweep) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Gm3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape (313131 sweep) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Em4Em1:4Dm2 box shape (313131 sweep) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (313131 sweep) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Bm5Bm2:7Am5Am3 box shape (313131 sweep) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (313131 sweep) pdf

AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps : YouTube videos

  • 7Am5Am3
    6Gm3Gm1

  • 6Gm3Gm1
    6Em4Em1

  • 6Em4Em1
    4Dm2

  • 4Dm2
    7Bm5Bm2

  • 7Bm5Bm2
    7Am5Am3

  • 7Am5Am3
    6Gm3Gm1 at 12

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape (313131 sweep)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Gm3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape (313131 sweep)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Em4Em1:4Dm2 box shape (313131 sweep)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (313131 sweep)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Bm5Bm2:7Am5Am3 box shape (313131 sweep)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (313131 sweep)


AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps : Box shapes and TAB

  • 7Am5Am3
    6Gm3Gm1

  • 6Gm3Gm1
    6Em4Em1

  • 6Em4Em1
    4Dm2

  • 4Dm2
    7Bm5Bm2

  • 7Bm5Bm2
    7Am5Am3

  • 7Am5Am3
    6Gm3Gm1 at 12

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape (313131 sweeps)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Gm3Gm1:6Em4Em1 box shape (313131 sweeps)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 6Em4Em1:4Dm2 box shape (313131 sweeps)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (313131 sweeps)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Bm5Bm2:7Am5Am3 box shape (313131 sweeps)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (313131 sweeps)


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 - 7Am5Am3:6Gm3Gm1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB:  A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps)


AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps) pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps) pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps) pdf


AGEDB octaves : 7-string guitar (Drop A - AEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 313131 sweeps
Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps) : entire fretboard notes

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (313131 sweeps) : entire fretboard intervals


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