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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GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes and join them all together for 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE) tuning to form one long GEDBA octaves chain.

GEDBA octaves: 8-string Drop E

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the GEDBA octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to Drop E (EBEADGBE) :-

GEDBA octaves G natural 3nps 8-string Drop E

The GEDBA octaves sequence is shown for G natural in the diagram that follows:-

GEDBA octaves fingerboard : G natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : G natural octaves

GuitarPro6 G natural octaves

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

GEDBA octaves fingerboard G mixolydian mode notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : G mixolydian mode

GuitarPro6 8-string Drop E: G mixolydian 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 G mixolydian mode are detailed below in the
GEDBA octaves manner:-

GEDBA octaves fingerboard G mixolydian mode intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven 3nps box shapes for the
G mixolydian mode in the GEDBA octaves style.

GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes

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GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 5A3G1 box shape pdf

GEDBA octaves G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape at 12 pdf

GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 5A3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape at 12

GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes

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

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 5A3G1 box shape

GEDBA octaves (8-string : Drop E) G mixolydian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 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 - 8G6G3G1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

G mixolydian mode 3nps (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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8-string (Drop E) : G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes pdf

8-string (Drop E) : G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes TAB pdf8-string (Drop E) : G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes TAB pdf

GEDBA octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
G mixolydian mode 3nps box shapes
Overall fretboard box shapes

GEDBA octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard G mixolydian mode 3nps: fretboard notes pdf

GEDBA octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard G mixolydian mode 3nps: fretboard intervals pdf

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