Topic: CAGED ?
What is the best way to learn the caged theory? Its something I never learned and will probably help me get to the next level. I appretiate any help on this subject.
- jcellini
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- dguyton
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Re: CAGED ?
The best intro I've found to the CAGED system is presented in Fretboard Logic. It's available through Amazon.
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Re: CAGED ?
Make sure you know the barre chords for the following chords C A G E D
One of things the theory tells you that if you are playing a C chord and want to move it up the neck
expect to play a barre chord based on the A shaped (CA)
3-------
---5------
---5------
---5-----
3--------
3--------
then a G shaped chord (CAG)
-------8
5------
5------
5------
----7---
--------8
then a E shape (CAGE)
7----------------
7---------------
---8-------------
------10--------
------10------------------
7------------------
then a D shaped barre chord (CAGED)
------12
-----------13
------12
--10
--10
X
then of course back to C at the 12th fret.....
its very neat for playing up and down the neck
4 2007-10-10 02:22:54 (edited by ebigham1 2007-10-10 02:27:33)
Re: CAGED ?
What I think you are reffering to is the order in which you play the five major Pentatonic Scale patterns. CAGED is just the order in which they are connected. If you play a C major Pentatonic Scale some of the notes tie into the A major Pentatonic Scale and so forth down the line.
Play the C major Pentatonic Scale pattern in the key of C
Examlpe:
0------------3---------------------
---1---------3----------------------
0---------2------------------------
0---------2------------------------
0------------3--------------------
0------------3----------------------
Now play the A major Pentatonic Scale pattern:
3------------5--------------------------
3------------5--------------------------
-------------5-------------------------
-------------5----------7----------------
3-----------5----------7------------------
3-----------5-------------------------
Now do you see how the two scales tie into eachother via the 3rd fret. Now if you take the two scale patterns and tie them in at the 3rd fret it would look like this.
0------------3---------5------------
---1---------3---------5-------------
0---------2------------5------------
0---------2------------5-----------7-
0------------3---------5-----------7
0------------3---------5-------------
Not to get to far ahead of ourselves but when you combine these scales just using the 2nd 3rd and 5th frets you have another scale pattern. This pattern is called the G Minor Pentatonic Scale. It looks like this.
----------3--------5---------
----------3--------5----------
------2------------5----------
------2------------5---------
---------3---------5---------
---------3---------5----------
Another quick tip if you play these patterns in the open position you will find the root note. When you find that you just move it up and down the neck to the correct key you want to play.
Example the A major Pentatonic Scale pattern the root note will have () around it. The root note is the key you are playing the scale pattern in:
0-----------3--------------------------
0-----------3--------------------------
-------------3-------------------------
-------------3----------5----------------
(0)---------3----------5------------------
0-----------3-------------------------
Now when you move this open root note to the third fret you will be playing this scale pattern in the key of C. Move it all the way up to the 12th fret you will be back in the key of A.
I hope this helps you.
Eddie
Re: CAGED ?
Probably the best resource I've found
- jerome.oneil
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Re: CAGED ?
Get the book Scales over Chords. It's based on the CAGED method, and it works.
CAGED roxes my soxes.
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