Octave Method for Drop D : 6-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios

Octave Method for Drop D: 6-String Guitar eBook

eBook: Octave Method for Drop D: 6-string guitar

Fretboard navigation method for Drop D : 6-string guitar based on a modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

Book: Octave Method for Drop D: 6-String Guitar

Fretboard navigation method for Drop D : 6-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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CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
General

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B) and join them all together for 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) to form one long CAGED octaves chain.

CAGED octaves logo (6-string guitar : Drop D - DAGDBE)

Below the 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) sequence is shown for C natural in the diagram that follows.

CAGED octaves fingerboard (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBD)

The diagram that follows shows all five of the CAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE).

CAGED octave shapes (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE)

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C natural octaves

GuitarPro6 C natural octaves

GuitarPro8 TAB: C natural octave shapes

The image that follows shows all five of the CAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE).

CAGED octaves 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) C natural octaves shapes pdf

The diagrams that follow show all of the C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
notes plotted over the 6-string guitar's (Drop D - DADGBE) fretboard in the
CAGED octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.

CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : C major scale (ionian mode)

GuitarPro6 C major scale

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 scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B)
are detailed below in the CAGED octaves manner.

CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the
C major scale (ionian mode) (1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B) in the CAGED octaves style.

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
YouTube videos & pdf files

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Flash iconGuitar Pro 6 icon
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) : 5C2 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale(ionian mode) : 5A3 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale(ionian mode) : 3G1 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale(ionian mode) : 6E4E1 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale(ionian mode) : 6D4D2 box shape pdf
CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale(ionian mode) : 5C2 box shape at 12 pdf

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes on YouTube

  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 3G1
  • 6E4E1
  • 6D4D2
  • 5C2 at 12

GuitarPro6 5C2

GuitarPro6 5A3

GuitarPro6 3G1

GuitarPro6 6E4E1

GuitarPro6 6D4D2

GuitarPro6 5C2 at 12

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes & GuitarPro8 TAB

  • 5C2
  • 5A3
  • 3G1
  • 6E4E1
  • 6D42
  • 5C2 at 12

CAGED octaves C major scale (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) : 5C2 box shape

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) : 5A3 box shape

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) : 3G1 box shape

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) : 6E4E1 box shape

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) : 6D4D2 box shape

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) : 5C2 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 - 5C2 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The video shown below demonstrates the CAGED octaves chain-linked sequence for the
C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes for 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE).

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
GuitarPro8 TAB

The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro8 TAB : C major scale(ionian mode) box shapes (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE)

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes

The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

CAGED octaves (6-string guitar : Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro8 TAB pdf

Flash iconGuitar Pro 6 icon

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) : CAGED octaves C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdf

GuitarPro8 TAB: 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdfGuitarPro8 TAB: 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) box shapes pdf

CAGED octaves : 6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE)
C major scale (ionian mode)
1 2 3 5 6 7 - C D E F G A B
Overall fretboard box shapes

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) notes pdf

6-string guitar (Drop D - DADGBE) C major scale (ionian mode) intervals pdf

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