![]() Let me know in the comments if you like me make a lesson on how to do this. Although not a very exciting task, it really will unlock the fretboard for you. This means you really need to have all the notes on the lowest three strings memorised. The landmarks we are going to use are the notes on the fretboard. To navigate by map outdoors you use landmarks to orientate yourself and as reference points to navigate between. Like maps in real life, the answer lies with landmarks. Having a map is great but if you have to go back to your start point every time to figure out where you in your map. As you can see the order is always the same no matter where you start. Then the C shape, and finally the A shape. The next G chord shape is an E shape, this then followed by the D shape. So you could take your open G chord, this is a G shape. Spelling CAGED.Īs I said earlier this works with all your open chords. This forms a cycle that runs in up the fretboard in the order C A G E D C A G E D. The next C chord shape is the C shape with the C shape. After you get to the D shape you go right back to the start again. The next C chord shape is the E shape which is then followed by the D shape. After the A shape the next C chord shape is the G shape. So if you play a C chord using a C shape, the next C chord shape up the fretboard is an A shape. It is in fact the order the shapes lay themselves out on the fretboard. Really enjoying my Active Melody membership… I enjoy Brian’s lessons that provide the how with a good measure of why… really helps to develop skills that are transferable across music of all genres.A Shape Barre Chord How to map the CAGED systemĪs you’ll see in a second the fact the system is called CAGED is not just for a catchy name. Going forward I hope to see a similar lesson done with corresponding minor chord and scale shapes. This is a lesson that I really want to learn. This morning I am really enjoying this lesson, EP346 as I have a better understanding of why it works. So cool! This new insight even affected my sleep last night as I had pleasant dreams of different chord / lick phrases. With this insight I made these shape connections for both major and minor chord and scale shapes. With a developing insight I drew out the CAGED chord shapes and overlaid the corresponding pentatonic scale shapes on some fretboard paper and then went to the joyful moment of playing these corresponding chord and scale shapes on my guitar. Last evening I finally had my Aha! / Eureka! moment and made the connection. I used the CAGED system in learning the the chord shapes and sensed a connection with scales but I just didn’t get the connection. This helped me to learn diatonic, pentatonic and blues scale shapes as well as open and closed chord shapes but I did not make a connection between the two. In my guitar learning journey, I followed a suggestion to always devote practice time to start with scales, then move on to chords, and finish with songs. The C root notes are actually G5 and e8 (e8 not used in this case). The index finger barring D-B on fret 5 will be a G shape. Notes played between frets 5 and 8, which he does when he plays the D and G strings on fret 7, will be out of the G shape.Īnother way you might think of it is, the index finger on the A string fret 3 (the root C note) and barring D-B on fret 5 (with ring or pinky), will be an A shape. Any embellishment notes played between frets 3 and 5 will be out of the A shape. ![]() That barre at fret 5 is the shared notes between the two shapes, and the dividing line. So, the A shape bumps up against the G shape. The reason he showed the pinky on fret 8 was just to show it is a G shape this time. ![]() At 10:28, even though he is barring the same fret 5, he is using his index finger there. I guess you’re talking about part 1 around 10:28? If you noticed earlier, he played the A shape C chord, with his index finger on fret 3, and holding down the B and G strings at fret 5. I have tried many teachers before, but walked away from them frustrated, and with very little improvement. I always tell them that you are the reason! I don’t understand the technical concepts and dialogue much, but I think my playing has gradually transformed from playing cowboy chords for 20 years, then 10 years with you, and now days people have definitely made comments that I have come a long way in recent years. One interesting thing that had happened over the last 10 years of subscribing to your channel and service, is that I’ll learn the lesson, then try to play the exact same thing in other keys, then eventually I will start improvising without even being aware that I’m doing it at first. ![]() Not sure if I will ever grasp the CAGED thing, I am just not good at all with comprehension! I just try to play what I see and hear you play. I’m still practicing the lesson from December, as well as all the lessons in this style. I like it very much when you do these country, with a touch of blues lessons!
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