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Ex. 16 · Week 4

C shape with box 3 on top (frets 9 to 13, the BB King box lives here)

C shape · box 3 on top
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  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
  • Scale

The BB box adds two major pentatonic notes here: B (B string 12, bend it up to the 3rd) and F# (G string 11). The root under your index finger on the B string is what makes this box feel like home.

You pass when

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

Key of A. Text written in A.