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Blues lead played across the fretboard using shapes from the C.A.G.E.D. System Guitar Lesson – EP631

Blues out of the CAGED System on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play a Blues lead in the key of C over a 1-4-5 chord progression by visualizing the chord shapes from The CAGED System and connecting the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to those shapes. … [Read more...]

Country style lead pattern – Easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale – Guitar Lesson EP630

country lead guitar pattern

Learn a Country style lead (played on the low strings) and learn an easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale by attaching it to a single note. … [Read more...]

Slow country lead using the CAGED System – Guitar Lesson – EP594

slow country lead guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a slow, country style lead that you'll be able to easily visualize by relating it to the CAGED System. This lead has lots of open space and lost of classic, pedal steel licks. … [Read more...]

Easy way to visualize harmonized guitar leads – Guitar Lesson – EP592

easy harmonies on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to easily find harmonized 3rds and 6ths by seeing where they live inside of chord shapes. … [Read more...]

The CAGED System: C Shape – 9 Essential tools that live within the C Shape – Guitar Lesson – EP556

caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll do a deep dive into 1 of the 5 CAGED System chord shapes and showcase all of the things you can do within this one "container". I'll highlight 9 of the essentials! *Arpeggios were added to the PDF Cheat Sheet … [Read more...]

All chords and scales are never more than 1 fret away! The CAGED System Guitar Lesson – EP552

never more than 1 fret away

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to anchor all scales, arpeggios, and chords in all 12 keys to a single fret. You'll learn how to pick any fret at random and play anything you want from that fret! … [Read more...]

Using the CAGED System to play over chord changes – EP526

using the caged system guitar lesson

In this week's guitar lesson, we'll be tying together the previous 2 lessons (EP524 and EP525) and using that information to demonstrate using the CAGED system to play over chord changes. … [Read more...]

Learn guitar licks from all 5 positions of the CAGED System! Guitar Lesson – EP524

the caged system guitar licks

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn licks for all 5 of the CAGED System positions using the Mixolydian scale. … [Read more...]

The CAGED System in Action – How to USE the CAGED System for rhythm and lead – Guitar Lesson EP519

the caged system guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to use all 5 positions of the CAGED System to create a standalone composition. Also included is a brief overview of how MODES work. … [Read more...]

Jam by yourself using the same chords in 3 positions. Solo blues guitar lesson – EP467

jam by yourself on guitar

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to jam by yourself (no jam track needed), using the same basic chords in 3 neck positions. … [Read more...]

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