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

Octave Method for Drop E: 8-String Guitar eBook

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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

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

ACG Krell 5 fretless

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the D dorian mode box shapes and join them all together for
8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE) tuning to form one long DBAGE octaves chain.

DBAGE octaves: 8-string Drop E

The diagram that follows shows all five of the DBAGE octaves shapes for use with
the standard patterns for a 8-string guitar tuned to Drop E (EBEADGBE) :-

DBAGE octaves : octave shapes

The DBAGE octaves sequence is shown for D natural in the diagram that follows:-

DBAGE octaves fingerboard : D natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : D natural octaves

GuitarPro6 D natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the D dorian mode notes plotted over the
8-string Drop E guitar's fretboard in the DBAGE octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

DBAGE octaves fingerboard D dorian mode notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : D dorian mode

GuitarPro6 8-string Drop E: D dorian 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 D dorian mode are detailed below in the DBAGE octaves manner:-

DBAGE octaves fingerboard D dorian mode intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
D dorian mode in the DBAGE octaves style.

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode : YouTube videos & pdf files

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DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf
DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 5Am3 box shape pdf
DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
DBAGE octaves (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape at 12 pdf

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode : Box shapes on YouTube

  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3
  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
  • 8Em6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2 at 12

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 5Am3 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape at 12 pdf

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode : Box shapes & TAB

  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3
  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
  • 8Em6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2 at 12

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 5Am3 box shape

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

DBAGE octaves (8-string : Drop E) D dorian mode : 7Dm4Dm2 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 - 7Dm4Dm2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) D dorian mode box shapes TAB

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

D dorian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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DBAGE octaves D dorian mode box shapes pdf

DBAGE octaves D dorian mode box shapes TAB pdfDBAGE octaves D dorian mode box shapes TAB pdf

DBAGE octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
D dorian mode : Overall fretboard box shapes

DCAGE octaves D dorian mode box shapes : entire fretboard notes

DCAGE octaves D dorian mode box shapes : entire fretboard intervals

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