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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CAGED octaves - C ionian mode box shapes

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C ionian mode 5C2 box shape pdf
C ionian mode 5A3 box shape pdf
C ionian mode 6G3G1 box shape pdf
C ionian mode 6E4E1 box shape pdf
C ionian mode 4D2 box shape pdf
C ionian mode 5C2 box shape at fret 12 pdf

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C major scale box shapes pdf

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DCAGE octaves - D dorian mode box shapes

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D dorian mode 4Dm2 box shape pdf
D dorian mode 5Cm2 box shape pdf
D dorian mode 5Am3 box shape pdf
D dorian mode 6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
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D dorian mode 4Dm2 box shape at fret 12 pdf

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EDCAG octaves - E phrygian mode box shapes

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E phrygian mode 6Em4Em1 box shape at fret 12

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EDCAG octaves - F lydian mode box shapes

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F lydian mode 6E4E1 box shape pdf
F lydian mode 4D2 box shape pdf
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F lydian mode 5A3 box shape pdf
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F lydian mode 6E4E1 box shape at fret 12 pdf

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GEDCA octaves - G mixolydian mode box shapes

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6G3G1 pdf
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AGEDC octaves - A aeolian mode box shapes

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A aeolian mode 5Am3 box shape pdf
A aeolian mode 6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
A aeolian mode 6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
A aeolian mode 4Dm2 box shape pdf
A aeolian mode 5Cm2 box shape pdf
A aeolian mode 5Am3 box shape at fret 12

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CAGED octaves - B locrian mode box shapes

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B locrian mode box shapes


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