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Ex. 14 · Week 3

E shape with box 1 on top (frets 5 to 8)

E shape · box 1 on top
eBGDAERb35b7b334b7R45Rb3456789
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
  • Scale

Filled dots are the chord tones of A7 (R, 3, 5, b7). Hollow dots are scale notes that are not chord tones (the b3 or the 4).

Look at the G string. The 3rd (C#, fret 6) is not in the minor pentatonic box. It sits between two box notes. That is why you bend fret 5 up to it.

You pass when

You hit each change by ear, without looking at the chart

Key of A. Text written in A.