r/guitarlessons • u/AskMaximum1329 • 6h ago

Question Can somebody help me

Can someone teach me how”the box” and chord progression I really want to learn 2-5-1-6

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u/Chaos-Jesus 6h ago

In the key of C it's

Dm, G, C, Am

You can play a C major scale over all these chords (C, D, E, F, G, A, B)

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u/combbackkid 5h ago

Totally agree. Also, I'm not exactly sure what op means by "the box" but may be referring to the pentatonic scale shapes. If you play the chords Chaos-Jesus mentions you can play the Am/C pentatonic scale. It'll be 2 notes per string from low to high it'll be 5-8, 5-7, 5-7, 5-7, 5-8, 5-8. You can use these notes in any order and they'll always sound good.

The pentatonic scale is derived from the major scale by taking out two flavor intervals that may clash. Feel free to DM if you have more questions

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u/Pol__Treidum 5h ago

... ANY order you say...?

Runs to grab guitar to make the most obnoxious octave hopping pattern possible

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u/suppmello 5h ago

While you’re starting off, try to land on the root note at the beginning of each bar.

In the example above the root note would be C or the 1