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


CAGED octaves method for 6-string guitar

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eBook :


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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Paperbook Book :


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.

Octave Method for 6-String Guitar Paper Book


Tom Angell

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Tom Angell


Due to a bad case of 'septic' olecranon bursitis this weeks BLOGoZON uses the latest versions of MusoBrain and EZdraughtsman software (rather than the usual AutoCAD LT and GuitarPro6 ); the look may be very different but the content is "right on the money" as usual.

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)
C major scale 3nps box shapes

BAF#GED octaves: 8 string guitar c major scale (3nps)

8 string guitar (BAGED octaves: EBEADGBE - Drop E8 tuning)
C major scale 3nps box shapes

BAGED octaves: 8 string guitar drop E C major scale 3nps box shapes

6 string guitar (CAGED octaves: DADGBE - Drop D tuning)
C major scale 3nps box shapes

CAGED octaves: drop D C major scale 3nps box shapes

7 string guitar (BAGED octaves: AEADGBE - Drop A tuning)
C major scale 3nps box shapes

BAGED octaves: 7 string drop A C major scale 3nps box shapes

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)
C pentatonic major scale pseudo 3nps box shapes

BAF#GED octaves: 8 string guitar C pentatonic major pseudo 3nps box shapes

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)
C pentatonic major scale 3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1 sweep patterns

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)C pentatonic major scale 3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1 sweep patterns

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)
C pentatonic major scale 1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3 sweep patterns

8 string guitar (BAF#GED octaves: F#BEADGBE factory tuning)C pentatonic major scale 1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3 sweep patterns

8 string guitar (BAGED octaves: EBEADGBE - Drop E8 tuning)
C pentatonic major scale pseudo 3nps box shapes

BAGED octaves: 8 string guitar drop E C pentatonic major pseudo 3nps box shapes

8 string guitar (BAGED octaves: EBEADGBE - Drop E8 tuning)
C pentatonic major scale 1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3 sweep patterns

8 string guitar (BAGED octaves: EBEADGBE drop E tuning)C pentatonic major scale 1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3 sweep patterns


Tom Angell

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