FrankL
Mr. Bites Off More Than I Can Chew
The omniscient one (Griff) put out a video yesterday with that title. So as usual I watched it. However, this time something clicked. I decided to try his sinister little experiment of changing scales without moving from the relative Am box one position. I found a backing track of Am, Dm, E to play over. It didn't take long to see both the Dm and Emaj pentatonic scales right there in the same position using the 5th string roots of D and E. So it turns out that it's Dm box 4 with D root is at the fifth string fifth fret . And the Emaj scale is box 3 with root on the 7th fret of the fifth string. With each chord change I didn't have move from the same spot on the fret board. A very cool revelation. I could actually see the position changes and knew exactly which scale notes I was playing and why. Oh and a side bonus, I found the very cool Dm arpeggio in the same spot as well as an Emaj chord on the top 3 strings in a (d-shape) at the fourth fret.
Up until this, I wasn't able to see the relationships of position and the notes that are shared by each of the scales in that position.
The only thing I'll add to this is, in order for this to happen, for me, I had to know what each of the other scale box patterns (other than box 1) were and could recognize what box I was playing. That has taken me a long time to memorize.
Here's a one take video noodling over the chords in the same position. Excuse any jazz notes or timings you might discover. (my objective, one day, is to play clean)
https://youtu.be/TJNbwelPdxs
Thanks Griff!
Up until this, I wasn't able to see the relationships of position and the notes that are shared by each of the scales in that position.
The only thing I'll add to this is, in order for this to happen, for me, I had to know what each of the other scale box patterns (other than box 1) were and could recognize what box I was playing. That has taken me a long time to memorize.
Here's a one take video noodling over the chords in the same position. Excuse any jazz notes or timings you might discover. (my objective, one day, is to play clean)
https://youtu.be/TJNbwelPdxs
Thanks Griff!