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  • Registered: 2010-12-28
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Topic: Anyone use the CAGED system?

Interested in finding out more about the CAGED system to learn to play at a higher level.

  • From: Bellevue, WA
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

I do.  I live by it, in fact.   It satisfies my engineering itch as to the why and how things get built the way they do.

http://www.amazon.com/Scales-Over-Chord … 1884848052

That is an excellent book that uses CAGED.

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  • From: Probably Somewhere
  • Registered: 2010-12-09
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

any online overviews? I'm not familiar with it.

  • From: Virginia, USA
  • Registered: 2009-06-12
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

I understand the concept but don't really use it...yet.

  • From: Bellevue, WA
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

Baldguitardude wrote:

any online overviews? I'm not familiar with it.

There's this one...

http://www.cagedguitarsystem.net/

I always say there are only five things you need to know to play guitar.   C A G E and D.  The system focuses on chord shapes, rather than neck positions, and makes it easy to remember where each chord shape is on the neck.

For example, if you start with an open C, the next C up the neck is an A shape.  The next one up is a G shape, then an E, then a D way down there by the 12th fret.

If you look at an open A shape, the next A up the neck is a G shape.  The next A is an E shape, etc...  It's a really simple mnemonic system.   Once you learn the scale patterns that fit under each chord shape, you have effectively mastered the entire neck.   Pretty much any chord is within two frets, as is any scale.

If I could get my hands to catch up with my head, I'd be really happy.  smile

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  • From: Probably Somewhere
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

That's fascinating. it makes position shifting way easier, I'd guess.

  • From: Bellevue, WA
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

That, and I also found it motivated me to work alternate chord shapes further up the neck.  Closed "D" is a pain, for example, so I rarely play it, but I should.  CAGED gives me an excuse to do it.

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8 Reply by Baldguitardude (edited by Baldguitardude 2011-06-10 23:45:51)

  • From: Probably Somewhere
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Re: Anyone use the CAGED system?

Have you tried closed D with the III on the D string? That's a lot easier. Basically a relative minor 7 with the A string muted...

late edit: or closed D/III with the III in the low e string, like a root position D/F#, with the A and D strings muted. wink