The 5 Essential Blues Boxes For Guitar
Sunday, February 1, 2009 17:35Posted in category Uncategorized
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6NqVa9xyhg for a followup explanation to this lesson.
A 20 minute detailed version of this lesson is available for purchase at http://www.steviesnacks.com.
In this lesson I go over the 5 major blues boxes that I use for soloing in most blues music. This is not the same approach that most have been taught, it is my own approach that is designed to present a usable methodology to blues soloing. It’s not designed to be compatible with anything else that’s taught, because I didn’t learn from anything except watching. Please keep this in mind when watching.
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natesbackhome says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
thnx a bunch the most helpful blues lesson on youtube so far.
ak231510 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Thank you for this, I feel I just jumped up two levels as a guitar player after seeing this.
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
For what it’s worth, I understand your comment. I do take issue with saying something “doesn’t belong” when I’m clearly not teaching theory here, rather commonly used positions for Stevie Ray Vaughan’s style of playing.
scholzie says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I love how on youtube you can post a constructive comment that clearly explains something, positively or negatively, and that comment will be voted down because it disagrees with or says something other than the video. Then someone else posts “lol faggot” and it will be +10 by the end of the day.
For what it’s worth, I like gr8bluesgtr’s videos a lot. I just think when people are learning new things they should be told ahead of time when something’s not going to fit later on, and why.
scholzie says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I don’t see why people are voting my comment down. I’m not putting gr8bluesgtr down. I’m simply making a point that people will refer to Box 5 or 5th position minor pentatonic and it won’t be remotely the same thing shown. That’s not to say this is “wrong,” it’s simply a major extension of a minor key. Anyone who votes my comment down is just being ignorant. You could try to LEARN something instead… My comment to gr8bluesgtr was just that he should point those things out when teaching them.
jianlian says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Very cool… I have never heard of “boxes” before.. but it makes a lot of sense.
fender51503 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
thanks alot for this great lesson, really understand it good now, ur an awesome player too!
koksila23 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
its tom green!!!
OLDROCKER123 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Thanks for that, a great help..
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I was thinking about this topic the other day after reading these comments and reflecting on the statement that “classical music is the basis of all our music”. While I agree that classical music is probably the original music in recorded history to introduce what we know as the major and minor scales etc… I sincerely doubt that the earliest blues musicians were thinking in terms of whole steps, and half steps when creating this artform. I’d like to think it came from the heart, not a book..
codehendrix says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
‘aestheticsguitar” good name.. man… ur right…. alot of people these days dont know that the blues is actually the fundamental base of all rock, jazz,, and even singing…. its like a universal scale in alot of ways…
codehendrix says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
thanks… i play every day… intensely… this is just a product of my love for music… im just having fun man… i hope you do too…
deflep44 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Wow, this really helps me teach. I always thought of it this way, but couldn’t ever describe it. Thanks
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I like that, “repetitive phrasing”, I don’t think I’ve ever heard it put so appropriately. Well done
codehendrix says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
i know the pentatonic through and through… the five boxes for me are each portion of the fret board from top to bottom… i never thought of it this way…. theres alot of major type boxes here …. but i like your boxes because it avoids repetitive phrasing… although thats why we are artists and meant to transcend old phrases… even though were playing the same boxes…
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Be sure to watch the followup lessons too
g02angel says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
wow, i’ve been looking for someome to explain these things and your video is perfect. thank you
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Be sure to watch part 2 for a little more detail about why you won’t read this in any music book.
beatdeat says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
PHENOMINAL lesson. I’ve been struggling to find scales like this for so long!
lkjhgfdsa68 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
this helped a ton , thank you
-Dav
Warpfield1 says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
This lesson really opened the door. Thanks much.
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Box 1 is like the grandaddy of all rock’n'roll and blues
bababacardi says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I think Led Zepelin use the root box allot.
gr8bluesgtr says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Can’t say for sure how other people “see” the fretboards for more complicated styles of music.
bababacardi says:
February 1st, 2009 at 5:35 pm
you definatly got it man ,
I wanted to ask you this : (couse I’m a beginner anyway:) mmh, how other players understands the soloing? like remembering notes as writing on a keyboard …like going thru the hole pentatonic scale in an intuitive way …like remebering the sounds..like what?
best regards, keep on rocking:)!