Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios
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eBook :Octave Method for Drop E Eight String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for Drop E : |
Paperbook Book :Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar Fretboard navigation method for Drop E : |
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GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio : General
In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the G major arpeggio box shapes and join them all together for
8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE) tuning to form one long GEDBA octaves chain.
The diagram that follows shows all five of the GEDBA octaves shapes for use with
the standard patterns for a 8-string guitar tuned to Drop E (EBEADGBE) :-
The GEDBA octaves sequence is shown for G natural in the diagram that follows:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : G natural octaves
The diagrams that follow show all of the G major arpeggio notes plotted over the
8-string Drop E guitar's fretboard in the GEDBA octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-
GuitarPro6 fingerboard : G 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 G major arpeggio are detailed below in the
GEDBA octaves manner:-
The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
G major arpeggio in the
GEDBA octaves style.
GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio : YouTube videos & pdf files
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GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio: Box shapes on YouTube
- 8G6G3G1
- 8E6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 8G6G3G1 at 12
GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio: Box shapes & TAB
- 8G6G3G1
- 8E6E4E1
- 7D4D2
- 7B5B2
- 5A3
- 8G6G3G1 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 - 8G6G3G1 - being repeated at the 12th fret). |
The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-
The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-
GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf
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GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G major arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes
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Take the box ....Zon Brookes |
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