Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
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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

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EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F lydian mode : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the F lydian mode 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 : F natural octave shapes

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

EDBAG 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
8-string Drop E guitar's fretboard in the EDBAG octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard F lydian mode notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : F lydian mode

GuitarPro6 8-string Drop E: 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 EDBAG octaves manner:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard F lydian mode intervals

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

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F lydian mode : YouTube videos & pdf files

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EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 7D4D2 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 7B5B2 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 5A3 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf
EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape at 12 pdf

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F lydian mode : Box shapes on YouTube

  • 8E6E4E1
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 5A3
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1 at 12

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 7D4D2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 7B5B2 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 5A3 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) f lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape at 12 pdf

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

  • 8E6E4E1
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 5A3
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1 at 12

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 7D4D2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 7B5B2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 5A3 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F lydian mode : 8E6E4E1 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 - 8E6E4E1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro6 (8-string: Drop E) F lydian mode box shapes TAB

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

F lydian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F lydian mode
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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EDBAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes pdf

EDBAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes TAB pdfEDBAG octaves F lydian mode box shapes TAB pdf

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