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


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : General

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

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

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

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE): A natural octaves fretboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A natural

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

8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE):  A natural octave shapes

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

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

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor arpeggio notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's (Drop E - EBEADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) : A minor arpeggio fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor arpeggio

GuitarPro6 (Drop E : 8-string): A 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
A minor arpeggio are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner.

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) : A minor arpeggio fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor arpeggio in the AGEDB octaves style.


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio box shapes

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AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape pdf
AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape at 12 pdf

ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio box shapes

  • 5Am3
  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
  • 8Em6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape at 12


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio box shapes

  • 5Am3
  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
  • 8Em6Em4Em1
  • 7Dm4Dm2
  • 7Bm5Bm2
  • 5Am3 at 12

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 box shape

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor arpeggio : 5Am3 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 - 5Am3 - being repeated at the 12th fret).


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

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


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

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

ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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

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


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) fingerboard A minor arpeggio notes pdf

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) fingerboard A minor arpeggio intervals pdf


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