Scale Building and Breaking Out of the Boxes- Part I

[mexicutioner84]

you just blew my mind. well done.

[unionaerolabs]

one of the best lessons i seen in time! my books always hinted sounds get along with pictures wonderfully in terms of memory and perception. this os one beautiful example

[betinho1126]

and thanks

[betinho1126]

you are the fucking man!!!!

[azwald]

Your trapezoid just sunk my battleship.

[dereknobert]

It finally makes sense!! My fingers are moving all over with ease, little thought, and agreeable sound. Cheers Sir, you've helped me pass a major sticking point.

[BricksJamRoom]

@dereknobert From one level to the next, my friend

[Stiffmeister1973]

Amazing lessons my friend! I think I´ve learned more today then I´ve learned the last 2 years!

Supergreat and easy to understand! Cheers from Sweden!

[JoshuaVergara2777]

clever thing mapping out shapes ^^

[TylerGillMusic]

That's amazing! Thank you so much! If you think of a clever way to memorize modes...let me know ;)

[BricksJamRoom]

Tyler- if you follow part 1 -3 (it does get a bit obscure) I build a pattern that all modes can be found in. There are many modes, but I find that if you can recognize at least one pattern that fits all, then you at least have a baseline you can always fall back on.

[dbarnes0147]

@TylerGillMusic there is a book called Advanced modern rock guitar improvisation by Jon Finn that explains modes just like this. The chapter is actually called "Modes for morons"

(Don't have to be an expert to read the book either, its very broken down and easy to follow.)

[pennstateyo]

Brilliant. No one takes time to davinci code their guitar. Well certainly not me

[theluckyhustler91]

thanks very much!



[pbuena01]

Great instruction!!!!!!

[jimistephen]

So we get out of playing in the boxes by playing in the squares, rectangles, and trapezoid, which are all shapes of boxes?

[nicedog1]

Very well explained - thank you!

[Lacobrigense79]

Thanks BricksJamRoom! Great method, it really helped me a lot. Can this be done with other schales? Greetings from Portugal!

[BricksJamRoom]

Hi Lacobrigense79:

You will find this pattern in every "Mode". For instance in the key of C (to keep it simple) in the Ionian Mode (Major Scale) you will find a rectangle on 1st & 2nd strings frets 5 & 8. In "E"- frets 9 & 12. Also, keep in mind that Modes can be thought of as the same scale pattern, but starting and ending on a different degree of the scale.

[Lacobrigense79]

@BricksJamRoom

WOW, you just blown my mind, i never thought it could be so easy to learn schales! Thank you!

[BricksJamRoom]

@Lacobrigense79 

I wish I could organize my thoughts better and send them back 20 years to myself.... now that would be helpful!

[19990SAND]

It made good good sense-I was trying to make learning scales easy by making geometrical shapes so it will be easy for me to remember all the sclaes ;but without much rotting the notes it contains ..This apporoach is best :D Thank you keep on sharing your experience and knowledge to us :)

[downhill240]

Hey! thanks for this great idea. It will certainly help the learning process for me. I'm looking for that "Part 2" now!!

[Rowlandph]

HI,

I enjoyed that... Have you checked to see if there' s a similar pattern with the melodic minor scale?...which is good for playing jazz...

Thanks!

[cwmiller2006]

hey man this is cool! i have been stuck in "the box" for what seems like ever...totally frustrated with my lack of understanding this whole fretboard thing. this may just be what i need to break out of it. the problem is i'm at work right now and i don't have my guitar !!! thanks though.

[jennyomalley]

Came across this video about six months ago. Have been showing this method to others since. Excellent.

[xxaleckzandurrex]

This sounds like a great method in learning the fretboard and the different boxes thanks! Have you noticed any patterns in finding roots or dominant notes in each shape though? I feel like i know the shapes for the most part the only thing is i feel like i don't know how to use each shape and go through notes in each shape without sounding too repetitive or scalular

[BricksJamRoom]

@xxaleckzandurrex Would it be helpful to do a lesson that shows this pattern as it relates to progressions? For example this pattern falls in line differently over a Major or Jazz progression I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii(dim) than it does over a blues progression. When played in the context of what chord you are playing over at that particular moment, "borrow" notes from that chord... ie the root, 3rd, 5th. 7, dom7.... etc to fill in the spaces

[OldJong]

I am certain that this thing can help the ear also. I you can predict how a shape will sound, you know in advance what you will be playing and you will get out of the "finger over mind" syndrome!... Great lesson!

[bundr]

Best pentatonic teaching method i've ever seen! And your explanation of it was very clear!! Congrats!!

[JMo5187]

Blew my mind, cool lesson, thanks.

[hudsontoronto]

Wow!!! That was a great discovery man. Iv been playing guitar for a long time and never came to realize that before.

It makes it a lot easyer to solo using the pentatonics.....

Thanks for sharing that info.

Cheers.

[educassiano]

Beautiful guitar

[ClaptonKehoe]

Wow, that is incredible! What a discovery!

[Lbridge911]

Thank you so much for share this info with us! It was very helpful!

[ednaplate]

An excellent lesson. More please.

[tractorbooty15]

Hi,

Google ....Warp refraction + guitar and you will find a book written by Jon Finn.

Mel Bay Presents Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation by Jon Finn (Jul 1, 1999)

Great job as not many people ever discover what you found.

[BKstrained]

that was awesome!!! great work!

[10centguitar]

this only works for the strings a 4th apart right?

[BricksJamRoom]

@10centguitar.... 1st & 2nd string, 3rd & 4th string, 5th & 6th string are the most obvious.... It does work on pair 4 & 5 as well, but I like the above mentioned ones the best because the patterns become octaves of each other. To me it is easier to keep track of. Because of the guitar's tuning, these patterns will be altered on pair 2 & 3..... However after becoming very familiar with these shapes, you'll be able to make them out ( a half step out of whack) there too. Hope it helps!

[10centguitar]

this only works for the strings a 4th apart right? G-B would work this way right?

[DrNitro09]

It actually doesn't make any sence but makes SENSE to me =)

[MegaSam1992]

holy shit this is very helpful every guitarist should watch this

[MatthewEdwardHall]

dude. i love you!

[pterantula]

that was really clever and awesome - thx!

[Parazytic]

man great lesson ty so much so much help for the noobie here haha

[tqg2010]

This is an Interesting conceptualization....breaks away from the traditional and yea, We all should have noticed it YEARS Ago LOL.....I havent looked closely yet but does this take into consideration the BLUE Note ( for Blues)...perhaps you cover this later??

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to SHARE your knowledge.

Ive been a guitar player for 40 years and Still learn from everyone.My favorite lesson to teach -It pays to Listen to everyone & look close for valuable information.

[brickak14]

@tqg2010 Strictly pentatonic (skeletal). Works in major too. Next lesson talks about filling in additional notes. This is where blue notes can be added.

[Thehardone]

I got a book called monster guitar scales and modes. It has all of those notes you laid out, but not with the explanation that you gave. This lesson came right in time. Thank you for a great lesson.

[dhjr15]

dont get it?

[AustinNeel2007]

I am impressed at how you squeezed just four shapes out of the whole fretboard. Very good.

[scoreonthis16]

Woah. Talk about a whole new way to look at the pent. scale. Thanks for the lesson.

[BrocWorst]

Wow that really helps! My problem is that I have memorized A pentatonic and am overwhelmed with how to memorize all the of scales; B C D E F etc. Does this work for all of them, or do you have another trick? Thank you very much!!

[BricksJamRoom]

Are you referring to playing blues / pentatonic in different keys? (ie B C D E... etc) Pentatonic is playing 5 out of 8 notes in a scale. When (& where) the "rectangle" shows up in any pentatonic you will find this pattern to be consistent. If you can grind your way through lesson 2 and then through lesson 3 (modes) then come back to "soloing in a major key" it all kind of comes together. One of the things that has helped me is to start looking at scales as patterns instead of specific notes.

[cherfelss]

Flipping Beautiful Man!!! How elegant of an observation!!! You are beautiful!

[elvarwinston]

man you rock this helped me allot

[Metalhead92787]

Lol I wish I had watched this before I memorized all the boxes LOL

[nosdog136]

Thanks so much for this!

[Bluesboyfella]

sweet mr.brickwell you and luke should do a collaberation video jamming

[dkshow]

Excellent Brick! You need to keep these coming.