Box 1 starter

This short video will get you started with box one. This great video was not made by us but by CMO Guitar. If you like this video please follow them on youtube and give them a like.

One pattern to rule them all (part 2)

First what is a diatonic scale? It is simply any seven note scale that uses 5 whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semi-tones) in the octave. So in this A minor scale

A -whole- B -half- C -whole- D -whole- E -half- F -whole- G -whole- A
there are also these 5 whole-steps and 2 semi-staps.

Note that the distance between the first note (the root) and the third note is 1 and a half steps. this distance (or interval) is called a minor third. Therefor this scale is called A minor. It shares the same notes as C major but because we started couning the intervals from A (making A the root) the relations (or distances) of the notes chanced.

5 boxes

The most common way to start memorizing the whole neck is by dividing the pattern in to a few bite-sized chunks. This lesson has divided the A Minor pattern in to 5 boxes.
You can take all the time that you need to memorize them. So start with the first one and after a week or so, you can move on to the second. Take it easy and set your own pace, whatever is comfortable for you!

You can check this out yourself by clicking the note_name/interval_name toggle button on the bottom left of the guitar diagram. Please visit the previous lesson and do the same. You will see the subtle differences that is at the hart of modal theory. In coming lessons you will learn more of what this means and how to use it in your music!