Improve Your Phrasing - Box 5

In this final lesson in the Improve Your Phrasing Series, we take a look at Box 5, and I show you all the places you should be looking to end your licks over the I, IV and V chords, but in a ballad context, rather than a 12 bar blues context.

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Improve Your Phrasing - Box 4

The fourth lesson in a free series from StevieSnacks.com about where to end your licks in each of the 5 Essential Blues Boxes. If you're not familiar with the 5 Essential Blues Boxes, you can learn more here: http://www.steviesnacks.com/5-essential-blues-boxes

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Improve Your Phrasing - Box 3

The third lesson in this free series of guitar lessons, focuses on phrasing in the Box 3 shape, which I like to call the "B.B. King Box".

Remember, the way I draw Box 3 comes from my "5 Essential Blues Boxes" lesson series, not from blues scales.

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Improve Your Phrasing - Box 2

The second lesson in this free series of guitar lessons, focuses on phrasing in the Box 2 shape, which I like to call the "Albert King Box".

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Improve Your Phrasing - Box 1

A lot of people ask me where they should end their licks in order to have good phrasing. While I've talked about this a little bit, this lesson is a more in-depth look at phrasing in Box 1. Future lessons will explore this same topic in the other boxes.

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Box 1 Phrasing Lesson

Whether you know it or not, there's a chance that your playing is boring. Especially if you're sticking to the same minor pentatonic scale licks that everyone learns. And even more so if you're ending all your licks on the root note of the I chord.

In this lesson I show you 3 notes inside of 'Box 1', that you're already playing over, that can make your playing more musical, and improve your phrasing. You just have to know how and when to use them.

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