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)
F major arpeggio (3nps) : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the F major arpeggio (3nps) 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 seven of the EDBAG octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to Drop E (EBEADGBE) :-

EDBAG octaves F natural 3nps 8-string Drop E

Below the EDBAG octaves for Drop E 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 major arpeggio (3nps) notes plotted over the
8-string Drop E guitar's fretboard in the EDBAG octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard F major arpeggio notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : F major arpeggio

GuitarPro6 8-string Drop E: F major 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 F major arpeggio (3nps)
are detailed below in the EDBAG octaves manner:-

EDBAG octaves fingerboard F major arpeggio 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 major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes

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EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4D2 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7D4D2 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5B2 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5A3 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 5A3G1 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf

EDBAG octaves F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape at 12 pdf

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4d2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 5A3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape at 12

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes

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

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4D2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7D4D2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5B2 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5A3 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 5A3G1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8G6G3G1 box shape

EDBAG octaves (8-string : Drop E) F major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape at 12

Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all seven 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:-

F major arpeggio (3nps) (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

F major arpeggio (3nps) (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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8-string (Drop E) : F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes pdf

8-string (Drop E) : F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes TAB pdf8-string (Drop E) : F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes TAB pdf

EDBAG octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
F major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes
Overall fretboard box shapes

EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard F major arpeggio (3nps): fretboard notes pdf

EDBAG octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard F major arpeggio (3nps): fretboard intervals pdf

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