? On Practicing Scales & Boxes, Andrew's theory lesson |
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? On Practicing Scales & Boxes, Andrew's theory lesson |
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Nov 9 2007, 04:00 AM |
I would suggest you learn all the boxes for a given scale at once and when you are done with that move on to the next scale ...
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Nov 9 2007, 04:14 AM |
@ Andrew: So having said what you said, would it be a good idea to print the boxes for all the given scales for reference? What I want to do is essentially know what boxes to play for any given key. So when my roommate and I are jamming and he has something going in E minor, I know where on the fretboard I can play. Of course, this will take some time, so I'm thinking if I had a reference, I could look in a book or at print outs to see where I can play that scale and use that until I memorize and can play all of the scales on command. Yes - you can get online tools to do this for you. Once you have the 5 boxes for any given scale, say the Major, you just need to move them up and down to get the right key as you said in your first post. So, I would do this: Make a concerted effort to learn the first box for a scale, say minor pentatonic (best by far for jamming). Be very clear where the root note is in this scale (in box one for minor pentatonic it is the lowest note on the bottom E string). Then learn or figure out all the notes on that same E string, and armed with that knowledge you can jam in any key with minor pentatonic. Afte that, you can work to add the rest of the boxes for minor pentatonic, and you just have to bear in mind that the root notes are in different positions for each box, ans that you have to be able to link the root notes of the scale with the root note of the key you want to play in. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 9 2007, 05:14 AM |
This approach is essentially what I have been doing. I have the first position of the minor pentatonic down, and that's my default box I jam in. Lately I've been trying to learn the second box for G minor pentatonic. I like to look at the boxes while I'm not playing so I can remember the pattern & root note. I'm assuming that when I'm moving these boxes up and down the fretboard I'm not only playing in different keys, but also different modes. I'm just not aware of the modes are in relation to each other. Don't worry about modes yet - they can be very confusing if you come at them form the wrong angle. I would say make sure you are happy with major and minor scales all boxes and keys before you get into modes. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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