Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios


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 3nps : General

In BLOGoZON No.399 the box shapes for the B locrian mode were presented using the BAGED octaves methodology - this is the standard BAGED octaves guitar system.

In this BLOGoZON we look at the B locrian mode, again, but with 3nps shapes
and join them all together to form one long BAGED octaves chain.

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
three notes per string patterns for an 8-string guitar tuned to EBEADGBE :-

BAGED octaves : Octave shapes 3nps

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 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 seven 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 3nps box shapes

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BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 5A3G1 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape pdf

BAGED octaves B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape at 12 pdf


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode 3nps box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 5A3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape at 12


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode 3nps box shapes

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

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 5a3g1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8G6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 8E6E4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7D4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B locrian mode 3nps : 7B5A3 box shape at 12


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode 3nps box shapes

B locrian mode 3nps (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode 3nps box shapes
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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8-string (Drop E) : B locrian mode 3nps box shapes pdf

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


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B locrian mode 3nps box shapes
Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B locrian mode 3nps: fretboard notes pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B locrian mode 3nps: fretboard intervals pdf


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