Where can one find box positions?

Anyone know of a website that contains diagrams for all 5 box positions for the 8 major scale modes?

Originally Posted by: dreamtheater22Anyone know of a website that contains diagrams for all 5 box positions for the 8 major scale modes?

The only group of 5 boxes for scales I know of are related to pentatonic scales. There are only seven modes of the major scale.

Did you see my reply to your earlier post on this subject? :)

I've covered the diatonic modes here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=370

There are lots of diagrams on those pages showing all the modes and one graphic on the last lesson page showing all of them interconnected across the fretboard.

And how to practice & use them:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=770

But if you are referring to the pentatonic boxes, I have those here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=296
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=185
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=722
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=737
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=843
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=914

Of course you might be referring to the CAGED system, which is a series of 5 shapes of chords covering the fretboard. It also has lots of diagrams! I did that here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=383

Hope this helps! Let me know if you are looking for something different & I can help point you in the right direction.

I think what I was looking for didn't exist. I thought there might be 5 fingerings for the modes, just like this is for the pentatonics, but now I realize this assumption is wrong. The videos you linked are great, I think I will spend some time on those. Thanks.

Originally Posted by: dreamtheater22The videos you linked are great, I think I will spend some time on those. Thanks.

You are welcome! Let me know how it goes. Best of success with it all. :)

Originally Posted by: dreamtheater22Anyone know of a website that contains diagrams for all 5 box positions for the 8 major scale modes?

I commend you for wanting to learn all of the box positions, and I say go ahead and learn them from the websites posted. However, in your learning, you should not forget to BREAK OUT OF THE BOXES. How? Well, to make a REALLY long explanation short, essentially start at the lowest available note on the guitar with the mode or scale in question. Then climb your way up the scale using 4-notes-per-string (play them however you like: slide into them, tap them, bend them), such that you end up at the highest available notes on the guitar by the time you are on the top E string. This exercise will help you connect the entire fretboard and make it much more useful than a box. Climb out of the boxes, my friend.

I was introduced to "the box" systems in relation to the "CAGED" system. This essentially means that you can play any scale or mode using 5 positions related to the positions of a C, A, G, E and D major chord. I know there are tutorials on this on the site, but for me that is where I base my knowledge related to that topic.

Honestly, there are a GAGILLION!!!! different ways to learn scales, there patterns, etc. However, you first want to know how to use them and also don't be afraid to not use scales. Hope you found what you were looking for, and feel free to message me any more questions on this topic. :D

Originally Posted by: dreamtheater22Anyone know of a website that contains diagrams for all 5 box positions for the 8 major scale modes?

We are developing a little tool for that similar to the chord finder.