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.

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ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) : General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor scale (aeolian mode) 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 scale (aeolian mode) 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 scale (aeolian mode) fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor scale (aeolian mode)

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A minor scale (Drop E: 8-string)

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 scale (aeolian mode) are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner.

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

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
A minor scale (aeolian mode) in the AGEDB octaves style.


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

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

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

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

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


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

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

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 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 video shown to the right demonstrates the AGEDB octaves chain-linked sequence for the A minor scale box shapes.


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor scale (aeolian mode) (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) box shapes


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE)

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

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A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) pdf

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


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

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

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


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