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I believe this to be true……someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
remember when trying to figure out soloing over chords………think, C A G E D and remember… if you’re using, for instance, an open G chord it uses the pentatonic shape number 1. Each of the CAGED system shapes corresponds to one of the 5 pentatonic shapes.
“G” shape = pentatonic shape #1—–“E” shaped G chord = Pentatonic shape #2—–“D” shaped G chord = Pentatonic shape #3—–“C” shaped G chord = Pentatonic shape #4 and “A” shaped G chord = Pentatonic shape #5G=1 E=2 D=3 C=4 A=5 spells CAGED. the letters are the CAGED shapes and the numbers 1-5 are the corresponding pentatonic shapes. If your playing, for instance, an open G chord, that corresponds to the 1st pentatonic shape, if you move that G chord up to the next position in CAGED, that’s an E shaped bar chord and it gets the 2nd pentatonic shape in soloing. Then move that G chord up to the CAGED D shaped G chord and you will see it fits nicely over the 3rd pentatonic shape and so on for the last 2.
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