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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EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio : General

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

EDBAG octaves: 8-string Drop E

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

EDBAG octaves : E natural octave shapes

The EDBAG octaves sequence is shown for E natural in the diagram that follows:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard : E natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : E natural octaves

GuitarPro6 E natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the E minor arpeggio notes plotted over the
8-string Drop E guitar's fretboard in the EDBAG octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard E minor arpeggio notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : E minor arpeggio

GuitarPro6 8-string Drop E: E minor arpeggio

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 E minor arpeggio are detailed below in the EDBAG octaves manner:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard E minor arpeggio intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
E minor arpeggio in the EDBAG octaves style.


EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio : YouTube videos & pdf files

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EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape at 12 pdf

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio : Box shapes on YouTube

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

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape at 12 pdf


EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio: Box shapes & TAB

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

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) E minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 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 - 8Em6Em4Em1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).



The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) E minor arpeggio box shapes TAB


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

E minor arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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EDBAG octaves E minor arpeggio box shapes pdf

EDBAG octaves E minor arpeggio box shapes TAB pdfEDBAG octaves E minor arpeggio box shapes TAB pdf


EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
E minor arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes

EDCAG octaves E minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard notes

EDCAG octaves E minor arpeggio box shapes : entire fretboard intervals


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