These lessons have been floating around the web for years and were not written by the cyberfret staff. The author of the material is at the top of each lesson. Last time we looked at the Pentatonic Pattern. This time we will discuss 'octaves'. They are octaves of one another.
Most people can just 'hear' an octave.
For example when asked to hum something 'higher' the average person will hum an octave higher. But as guitarists we need some nice tricks to help us remember where all of the possible octaves are. Again, we must be thankful for the nice way the fingerboard is designed, and that these 'octave patterns' are so easy to remember. The following examples will show a few of the common patterns used to remember octaves. Skip a string and skip two frets.