[Dewy]

Umm, thanks... hope folks find it useful.

I love the blues "Box" there... that and the Barre chord have been the foundation of my electric guitar playing since my Ol' Danelectro with the amp in the case. Also no way to play down the importance of "Licks" and "Riffs" built on this template... or your ability to run up and down this scale every way possible.

This should also be the begining of everyone's "scale" knowledge... and we should all learn to expand the box both up and down, as well as other boxes to play with.

But my revelation is in finding the root of whatever the song is doing underneath the solo, and playing off and with those chord tones. So its not either scales or tones... its the blend of the two, its using both as paint and canvas.