Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios


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Octave Method for Drop E Eight String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop E :
8-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 E : 8-String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop E :
8-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.

Octave Method for Drop E: 8-String Guitar Paper Book


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AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps
for 8-string guitar in Drop E tuning.

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Below the AGEDB octaves for Drop E sequence is shown for A natural in the diagram that follows:-

AGEDB octaves: A natural fingerboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A natural

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to EBEADGBE :-

8-string Drop E 3nps octave shapes

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor scale (aeolian mode) notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's EBEADGBE fretboard in the AGEDB octaves (Drop E) and GuitarPro6 styles:-

AGEDB octaves fingerboard A minor scale (aeolian mode) notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A minor scale (Drop E: 8-string)

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 minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner:-

AGEDB octaves fingerboard A minor scale (aeolian mode) intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven box shapes for the
A minor scale (aeolian mode) in the AGEDB octaves style for Drop E tuning.


AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

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AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Am3 box shape pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor(aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape at 12 pdf


AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

  • 5A3G1
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1
  • 8E6E4D2
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 7B5A3
  • 5A3G1 at 12

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape


AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

  • 5A3G1
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1
  • 8E6E4D2
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 7B5A3
  • 5A3G1 at 12

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Am3 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 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 - 5Am3Gm1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

8-string Drop E: A minor scale (aeolian mode)3nps box shapes

AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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A minor scale (aeolian mode) - (8-string: Drop E) 3nps box shapes pdf

8-string:Drop E - A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes TAB pdf8-string:Drop E - A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes TAB pdf


AGEDB octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps: fretboard notes pdf

AGEDB octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : fretboard notes pdf


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