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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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : General

In BLOGoZON No.502 the box shapes for the C major arpeggio were presented for
8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) using the standard BAGED octaves guitar system for Drop E.

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major arpeggio, again, but with 3nps shapes and join them all together for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) to form one long BAGED octaves chain.

BAGED octaves logo : 7-string guitar (Drop A: AEADGBE)

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the octave shapes used with the
three notes per string patterns for Drop E : 8-string guitar.

BAGED octaves : Octave shapes 3nps

Below the C natural octave sequence is shown for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

C natural octaves (8-string guitar : Drop A - AEADGBE) BAGED octaves fretboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
3nps box shapes for a 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

8-String Guitar (Drop E - AEADGBE) : C natural octaves (3nps)

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major arpeggio notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's (Drop E - EBEADGBE) fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles:-

8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) : BAGED octaves C major arpeggio fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major arpeggio

GuitarPro6 (Drop E : 8-string): C 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
C major arpeggio are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major arpeggio fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven box shapes for the
C major arpeggio in the BAGED octaves style.


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : YouTube videos & pdf files

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BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5A3 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 5A3G1 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8E6E4D2 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape (3nps) pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12 (3nps) pdf


BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps) : Box shapes on YouTube

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

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 5A3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 8E6E4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 C major arpeggio (3nps) : 7B5B2 box shape at 12


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

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5A3 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 5A3G1 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 8E6E4D2 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape (3nps)

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12 (3nps)


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 - 7B5B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown to the right demonstrates the BAGED octaves chain-linked sequence
for the C major arpeggio box shapes.

The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - C major arpeggio box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follows:-

BAGED octaves C major arpeggio (3nps) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps)
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio box shapes pdf (3nps)

GuitarPro7 TAB (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - C major arpeggio box shapes pdf (3nps)GuitarPro7 TAB (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - C major arpeggio box shapes pdf (3nps)

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major arpeggio (3nps)
Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : fretboard notes

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major arpeggio : fretboard intervals


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