Lesson 26 - More about the 5 blues boxes

February 11th, 2008

This is a followup lesson to the "5 Essential Blues Boxes for Guitar".  There were a lot of questions about that lesson and I hope to answer those questions and provide more information on this technique.

Topics covered in this lesson:

  • What does it mean to play in a certain key?
  • How is this different than "Blues Scales"?
  • How to extend the boxes at the top of the neck
  • How to move the boxes to a new key.

The full 20 minute version of the lesson goes into more detail on all of these subjects.

 

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9 Comments

  1. Matt Bennett Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    The Camera is great. The lesson was better. These are the exact type lessons that I need. I can’t wait for lessons about each box. Thanks so much. Are full song lesson coming soon?

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 13th, 2008:

    Still waiting to find out some details on legal issues before I start on that. Apparently, note-for-note teaching has some different requirements. Want to do things the right way if I do them at all :)

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  2. mike Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Finally,some one who speak a guitar language I can understand.I have bought 3 lessons so far,keep the theory coming,thanks.

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  3. Dennis Diehl Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Wow these are cool very clear. I am ready to purchase some of the lessons, how do I do it? and will I be able to access them again and again?

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 12th, 2008:

    Hi Dennis,

    when you purchase a lesson, you receive a special download link where you can download a high quality version of the lesson for you to keep.

    The transaction is handled by paypal, and the system will automatically send you the download link after you purchase.

    Anthony

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  4. Ken Surgenor Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 1:13 am

    Great stuff. Follow your box 1 and have seen it before and also the partial box 2…….but partial box 3 looks a little different from what I’m seeing elsewhere and it is a little confusing.

    Here for example:

    http://www.cambridgeguitarseminars.com/images/diagrams/pdfs/blues_shapes.pdf

    Am I looking at it incorrectly?

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    Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 12th, 2008:

    Hi Ken,

    What I’m teaching should be viewed as another view of the fretboard. It certainly shares some common things with traditional blues shapes like in the link you shared.

    However, in order to understand what I’m teaching, it can’t be viewed as an “either / or ” situation. What’s shown in that diagram is correct. But what I’m teaching is another perspective on the fretboard, that happens to share some similarities.

    It will become more clear over time why the boxes I’ve drawn are shaped the way they are, as opposed to traditional shapes. I’m focusing more on practical shapes that can actually be used for riffs. The boxes shown in the link you shared are very “technically correct” shapes, but they are not nearly as useful when it comes to playing a well-rounded blues style because they include a lot of notes that are hardly ever used and are structured mainly around the minor blues scale only.

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  5. Pat Says:
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    new format roxorz

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  6. Dave Says:
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Another great lesson Anthony. Great explanations and I can see the improvement in the video quality with the HD camera . Keep up the great work!

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