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What are guitar box patterns?
As guitarists we tend to regard scales as patterns that can be moved up and down the neck depending on which key we're playing in. We refer to these movable patterns as boxes or box positions. ... For example, if you are to play using this box in the key of G, then your start fret would be the 3rd.
What shape is a guitar box?
The pentatonic box shape for guitar soloing is one of the most classic guitar scale patterns that you can add to your tool chest of soloing ideas. It is also one of the easiest to apply, simply because the pattern is literally a square box...
What are the five pentatonic boxes?
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- G Major Pentatonic – E shape / Position 1.
- G Major Pentatonic – D shape / Position 2.
- G Major Pentatonic – C shape / Position 3.
- G Major Pentatonic – A shape / Position 4.
- G Major Pentatonic – G shape / Position 5.
