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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EDCAG octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
F lydian mode: General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the F lydian box shapes and join them all together for 6-string guitar in standard tuning to form one long EDCAG octaves chain.

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

EDCAG octaves fingerboard : F natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : F natural octaves

GuitarPro6 F natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the F lydian mode notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's fretboard in the EDCAG octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

EDCAG octaves fingerboard F lydian mode notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : F lydian mode

GuitarPro6 F lydian mode

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 F lydian mode are detailed below in the EDCAG octaves manner:-

EDCAG octaves fingerboard F lydian mode intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
F lydian mode in the EDCAG octaves style.


EDCAG octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
F lydian mode : YouTube videos & pdf files

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EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6E4E1 box shape pdf
EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 4D2 box shape pdf
EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 5C2 box shape pdf
EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 5A3 box shape pdf
EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6G3G1 box shape pdf
EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6E4E1 box shape at 12 pdf

EDCAG octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
F lydian mode : Box shapes on YouTube

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

GuitarPro6 6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 5C2 box shape

GuitarPro6 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 6E4E1 box shape at 12


EDCAG octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
F lydian mode : Box shapes & TAB

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

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6E4E1 box shape

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 4D2 box shape

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 5C2 box shape

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 5A3 box shape

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6G3G1 box shape

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode : 6E4E1 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 - 6E4E1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the EDCAG octaves chain-linked sequence for the F lydian mode box shapes.



The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro6 F lydian mode box shapes TAB


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes

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EDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes pdf

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes GuitarPro6 TAB pdfEDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes GuitarPro6 TAB pdf


EDCAG octaves (EADGBE : 6-string guitar standard tuning)
F lydian mode : Overall fretboard box shapes

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes : entire fretboard notes

EDCAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes : entire fretboard intervals


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