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


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

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

BAGED octaves logo : 8-String Guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)

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

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE): C natural octaves fretboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

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

8-string Drop E octave shapes

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

8-String Guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) : C natural octaves

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major-minor arpeggio notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's (Drop E - EBEADGBE) fretboard in the BAGED octaves and GuitarPro7 styles.

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

GuitarPro7 fingerboard : C major-minor arpeggio

GuitarPro7: C major-minor 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-minor arpeggio are detailed below in the BAGED octaves manner.

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

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


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

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BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 7B5B2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 5A3 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 8G6G3G1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 8E6E4E1 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 7D4D2 box shape pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major blues scale : 7B5B2 box shape at 12 pdf

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

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

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro7 (8 string guitar : Drop E) C major-minor arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12


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

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

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

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major-minor arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

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

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

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

BAGED octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) C major-minor arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape 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 - 7B5B2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitaPro7 TAB: C major-minor arpeggio (8-string guitar: Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

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

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
C major-minor arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro7 TAB pdf

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C major-minor arpeggio (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: C major-minor arpeggio (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: C major-minor arpeggio (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes pdf


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

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

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


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