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 pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps : General

In BLOGoZON No.697 the standard box shapes for the A pentatonic minor scale
were presented using the AGEDB octaves methodology for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

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

In this BLOGoZON we look at the A pentatonic minor scale, again, but with 3131313 sweep patterns
and join them all together to form one long AGEDB octaves chain.

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 pentatonic minor scale box shapes for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

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

The diagram that follows shows all five of the BAGED octaves shapes for use with the
pseudo Three-Notes-Per-String patterns for a 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

A natural octaves pseudo 3nps (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE)

The diagrams that follow show all of the A pentatonic minor scale 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 pentatonic minor scale fretboard notes

GuitarPro7 fingerboard : A pentatonic minor scale

GuitarPro7: A pentatonic minor 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
A pentatonic minor scale are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner.

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

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


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps
YouTube videos & pdf files

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AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 8Gm6Gm3Gm1:8Em6Em4Em1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 8Em6Em4Em1:7Dm4Dm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 7Dm4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 7Bm5Bm2:5Am3 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf
AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (3131313 sweep pattern) pdf

ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps : YouTube videos

  • 5Am3
    8Gm6Gm3Gm1

  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
    8Em6Em4Em1

  • 8Em6Em4Em1
    7Dm4Dm2

  • 7Dm4Dm2
    7Bm5Bm2

  • 7Bm5Bm2
    5Am3

  • 5Am3
    8Gm6Gm3Gm1at12

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 8Gm6Gm3Gm1:8Em6Em4Em1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 8Em6Em4Em1:7Dm4Dm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 7Dm4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 7Bm5Bm2:5Am3 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (3131313 sweep pattern)


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps : Box shapes

  • 5Am3
    8Gm6Gm3Gm1

  • 8Gm6Gm3Gm1
    8Em6Em4Em1

  • 8Em6Em4Em1
    7Dm4Dm2

  • 7Dm4Dm2
    7Bm5Bm2

  • 7Bm5Bm2
    5Am3

  • 5Am3
    8Gm6Gm3Gm1at12

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 8Gm6Gm3Gm1:8Em6Em4Em1 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 8Em6Em4Em1:7Dm4Dm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Dm4Dm2:7Bm5Bm2 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 7Bm5Bm2:5Am3 box shape (3131313 sweep pattern)

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale - 5Am3:8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape at 12 (3131313 sweep pattern)


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 : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).

The complete TAB for the previously described exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB:  A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns)


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns)

ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns) pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns) pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns) pdf


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A pentatonic minor scale - 3131313 sweeps
Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns) : entire fretboard notes

AGEDB octaves A pentatonic minor scale box shapes (3131313 sweep patterns) : entire fretboard intervals


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