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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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the B locrian mode for 8-string guitar in Drop E tuning.

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Below the BAGED octaves sequence (for 8-string guitar in Drop E) is shown for B natural in the diagram that follows:-

BAGED octaves fingerboard: B natural octaves

GuitarPro6 B natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to EBEADGBE :-

8-string Drop E octave shapes

The diagrams that follow show all of the B locrian mode notes plotted over the 8-string guitar's EBEADGBE fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles for 8-string guitar in Drop E:-

BAGED octaves B natural fretboard

GuitarPro6 B locrian 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 B locrian mode are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner:-

BAGED octaves fingerboard B locrian mode intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the B locrian mode in the
BAGED octaves style for 8-string guitar in Drop E.

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode box shapes

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BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 5A3 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 7D4D2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape at 12 pdf

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape at 12

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode box shapes

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

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 8G6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 8E6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7D4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode : 7B5B2 box shape at 12

 

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode box shapes : GuitarPro6 TAB

B locrian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode box shapes

B locrian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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B locrian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes pdf

B locrian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB pdfB locrian mode (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB pdf

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode : Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B locrian mode notes pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B locrian mode intervals pdf

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