Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios

Octave Method for Drop E: 8-String Guitar eBook

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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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BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio : General

This weeks BLOGoZON looks at the B diminished arpeggio for 8-string guitar in Drop E tuning.

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Below the BAGED octaves sequence (for 8-string guitar in Drop E) is shown for B natural in the diagram that follows:-

BAGED octaves fingerboard: B natural octaves

GuitarPro6 B natural octaves

The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for a 8-string guitar tuned to EBEADGBE :-

8-string Drop E octave shapes

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

BAGED octaves B diminished arpeggio fretboard

GuitarPro6 B diminished 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 B diminished arpeggio are detailed below in the
BAGED octaves manner:-

BAGED octaves fingerboard B diminished arpeggio intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all five box shapes for the B diminished arpeggio in the
BAGED octaves style for 8-string guitar in Drop E.

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio box shapes

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BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shapes pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 5A3 box shapes pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shapes pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shapes pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shapes pdf
BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shapes at 12 pdf

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio box shapes

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

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio box shapes

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

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 5A3 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8G6G3G1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 8E6E4E1 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7D4D2 box shape

BAGED octaves (8-string : Drop E) B diminished arpeggio : 7B5B2 box shape at 12

 

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio box shapes : GuitarPro6 TAB

B diminished arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio box shapes

B diminished arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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B diminished arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes pdf

B diminished arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB pdfB diminished arpeggio (8-string: Drop E) box shapes TAB pdf

BAGED octaves : 8-string guitar in Drop E (EBEADGBE)
B diminished arpeggio : Overall fretboard box shapes

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B diminished arpeggio notes pdf

BAGED octaves (8-string: Drop E) fingerboard B diminished arpeggio notes pdf

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