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Best Seller - A non-traditional way of looking at the fretboard. 5 crucial soloing shapes that are designed around common blues licks that people actually play.
You’ll never sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan using blues scales. That’s because he didn’t study or play scales to get his sound. He studied and played licks. There’s a big difference.
Many of the licks he played can be captured in 5 simple shapes. They’re not scales, just guidelines. This is a shortcut (and it’s not for everyone) but if you can’t make your scales sound great, you might be working too hard.
This lesson introduces the concept of the 5 Essential Blues Boxes, doing a brief explanation of what each box sounds like.
Lesson 2 addresses some common questions about this approach to soloing. Specifically how it relates to scales, etc.
Go in-depth with Box 1.
An in-depth look at Box 2.
An in-depth look at Box 3.
A brief look at Box 4.
An in-depth look at Box 5.
This lesson introduces a repeating pattern of notes that we can use at 4 different places to ascend the fretboard, landing in a different Box based on where we start.