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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E major arpeggio box shapes

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This issue demonstrates the E MAJOR ARPEGGIO box shapes.

The EDCAG octaves sequence is shown for E natural in the diagram that follows:-

EDCAG octaves E natural

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The diagram that follows shows all of the E major arpeggio notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's fretboard in both the Guitar Pro and EDCAG octaves styles:-

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EDCAG octaves E major arpeggio notes

As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales/arpeggios 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 E major arpeggio are detailed below in the EDCAG octaves manner:-

EDCAG octaves E major arpeggio intervals

The table and tabbed panel below details all five box shapes for the E major arpeggio in the
EDCAG octaves style.


EDCAG octaves - E major arpeggio box shapes

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6E4E1 pdf
4D2 pdf
5C2 pdf
5A3 pdf
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6E4E1 at 12 pdf

An additional box shape is detailed for the E major arpeggio - as the pattern that is played at fret twelve falls off the edge of the fingerboard - hence the modified fingering shown below in the tabbed panel. To the right is the box shape complete with gaps.

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  • 6E4E1
  • 4D2
  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 6G3G1
  • 6E4E1 at 12



  • 6E4E1 virtual fret
  • 6E4E1 modified
  • 4D2
  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 6G3G1
  • 6E4E1 at 12

6E4E1 virtual fret box

6E4E1 modified pdf

4D2 box

5C2 box

5A3 box

6G3G1 box

6E4E1 box at 12


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