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James.Erickson
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James.Erickson
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06/28/2010 12:02 am
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.