CAGED PENTATONIC SHAPES FULL

CAGED PENTATONIC SHAPES FULL

Originally Posted by: BigScaryGaryI used to be a Full Access member until I got to a point where I didn't know where to go to learn new things. I did a couple of long posts on the CAGED system in these threads. They kind of assume you should already know that part. What's not usually also mentioned is that they know what the key is & what scales surround those chord tone CAGED shapes. So, when guitarists say they are using the CAGED system to play lead guitar what they mean is that they are using the CAGED shapes as visual reference guides to locate chord tones. I did a long blog post about soloing here. Build a repertoire of licks, tricks, fills & ideas that will form the vocabulary of things you can use to improvise & play on the spot. Locate & target chord tones (rhythmically emphasize the notes of the chords in the chord progression as they change).ģ. Know what key you are in (what scale is being used for most or all of the notes in a song or chords you are soloing over).Ģ. Originally Posted by: BigScaryGaryI'd like to start a thread asking about soloing and the caged system to help each other understand it better, and maybe this can even branch out into a class (I would love a comprehensive caged course, and would definitely go full access for it!).Learning to play lead guitar (solos or melodic lines) comes down to 3 points.ġ. :) I'm going to try to tackle them one at a time.

Hey, Gary! Great questions & interesting topics. I will say this though.when you think your soloing is stagnating.the answer is usually NOT a new scale, the answer is learning to use what you know more creatively. The danger of this approach is you can find yourself locked into certain scale shapes. If you search 'pentatonic rut' on the internet (or this forum), you'll get lots of hits. It has it's advantages and disadvantages. Here you have to start being mindful of the 'outside the pentatonic notes' you are playing because they may or may not work over the chord you are playing over. You can then build upon this and start targeting chord tones, which may or may not be outside the pentatonic scale. You can focus on things like phrasing, rhythm, and dynamics. This is useful because it allows you start to explore improvisation without having to focus on note selection. For a different flavor, you can use A major pentatonic.A major pentatonic takes the Am pentatonic shape and slides it back 3 frets. Take the chord progression A, D, E and play Am pentatonic over it.and it works. There are note choices that are better than others, but any note in the pentatonic scale will sound OK over any chord in the progression. When used over the chord progressions used in a lot of rock or pop music, there are no wrong notes. Usually, improvised soloing is introduced with the minor pentatonic scale. CAGED could be used then to help you target chord tones. Though you can change the scale you play over each chord in a song, usually solos are played from the scale that represents the key that all of the chords fit into. Personally, I think you are making it too hard on yourself. For those who figured it out, what helped you really 'get it'? I don't understand when you stay within the chord shape and when you move out of it, and how you quickly figure out which shape to use.įor those who are still struggling with caged and soloing, what are some questions you have? Maybe we can help each other out. Where I'm getting lost is that the book I'm trying to use starts with the minor pentatonic scale, and their shapes don't look anything like C, A, G, E, and D and it doesn't explain how these are used to build licks. Then when the rhythm section switches to an A chord, rather than me moving to a different place on the neck, I just use one of the five chord shapes that matches with the A chord at my finger position, so the soloing blends more. So if the rhythm section is playing an F chord, and I'm soloing at a certain spot on the neck, I can pick one of these shapes that matches with where I want to play the F, and play licks based on that shape. The premise behind caged is that every chord has its own position of each of these shapes in the different places on the neck. So, I know the concept of the caged system is that in most scales, there are only 5 truly open chords: C, A, G, E, and D. I'm hoping I'm not the only one struggling with this. Despite it having over four stars on reviews, I'm missing the concept. I wanted to focus on soloing and bought a book from Amazon. I used to be a Full Access member until I got to a point where I didn't know where to go to learn new things. I don't know where else this is, so I'd like to start a thread asking about soloing and the caged system to help each other understand it better, and maybe this can even branch out into a class (I would love a comprehensive caged course, and would definitely go full access for it!).

Caged pentatonic shapes