Below are all five interconnectedboxes for E blues. ,i.

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Playthrougheach pattern,shiftingup and down the Other tonalities
neck.Thenpracticeusingthe sequencepatternsfrom patternsfor G blues,
Beloware the full interconnected
page14.Remember the E minor"anchor"
to visualize A blues,and C blues.Onceagain,noticethe "anchor"
chordswithinboxes1 and 4. chords.Also look for the diagonalformssproutingin
both directionsfrom boxes1 and 4.
Box 1 Box 3 Box 5
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Boxes \v

G blues
1-5
Box 5 Box 2 Box 4 Box 1

7 9 1 2

Box 4

J ) 7 9 1 2 1 5 t 7 1 9 2 1
t l
Box 1 Box3 Box5 Box2
Once again,the patternrepeatsabovefret 12. All the
notesare one octavehigherthan the corresponding
box foundloweron the fretboard
l5 t7

Box 1 BoxS

Above v A
A blues
Box 4 Box 1 Box 3
Fret12 a
15 t7 19 2r v

Box 2 Box 4
3 5 7 9 12 15 t1 19 2l

Box 5 %x2 Box4 Box1

E blues,diagonals
l5 t7
The diagonalforms of the E blues scale are shown l9

below, centered on box 1 (primary)and box 4

(secondary).

C blues
Box 3 Box 5 Box2 Box4

Prlmary - l v

Diagonal v v

l5 t7 l9 2l
3 5 ' t 9 t2 15 t7 19 2l

Box 4 Box 1 Box 3 Box 5

Secondary A

Diagonal
l5 t7 t9 2l

Fingering:For the primarydiagonal,use ascending At this point,you havelearnedthe bluesscalein E, G,

fingering(groupedin octaves)1-3-1-1'-2-3-1,3-1-1-2- A, and C. For the remaining"in between"keys-E Fil,
3-1, 3-1-1-2-3.Reversethis for descending. For the Gf, Bb,B, Cil,D, and Dil-simply take the nearestkey
secondary diagonal, follow the same idea. The and slide up or down a fret or two,to placethe rootof
ascending fingeringis (0)-1-1-2-3-1,
3-1-1-2-3-1,3-1- the patternon the correctpitch.(Seepage63 for note
1-2-3,1-3. nameson the neck,if necessary.)

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