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Ex. 4 · Week 4

The BB King box (fret 10)

Tab
e|---------------------10-12-----|  D  E
B|------------10-12-13-----------|  A  B  C
G|-9-11-12-----------------------|  E  F# G
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

The move that defines this box, on the B string: 12b14-13-10. That is the major 3rd (C#, bent), the minor 3rd (C), then the root (A). The whole blues in three notes.

You pass when

One chorus: major-ish over I, minor over IV, and it sounds deliberate

Key of A. Tab written in A.