Hi there, In this 3rd part of the Caged system we are going to look at playing Minor 7th chords up the neck in all different CAGED shapes. This will give you lots of options when songwriting as to what ‘voicing’ to go for. Also if you are learning a song and the tab/transcription says […]
Hi there, In the first blog on the CAGED system we talked about how you can move your basic open major chords up the neck to produce 60 different voicings of the same chord. You can now apply the same process to your minor chords and also your extended 7th chords. This will give you […]
Hi there, The CAGED system is a way of integrating all your scales, chords and arpeggios together in a way that’s holistic and organised. In simple terms there are 5 key chord shapes, C, A, G, E and D.These 5 shapes allow you to play any type of chord in 5 different positions on the […]
Hi there, Thanks again for reading the blogs – if you like them please share the links to your friends! The next chapter in this improv series talks about how to integrate Unison bends into your playing.Unison bends are used in millions of songs to provide a different type of bend to your standard semitone, […]
Hi there, So the next step in your quest to be an improv god is note skipping through your scales. Note skipping is where you play your first note of the scale, skip to the 3rd, come back to the 2nd note, skip to the 4th, come back to the 3rd and so on. It’s […]
Hi there, In the next part of this Improv series we’ll look at learning to play your major/minor scales on just 1 string. This is another excellent way to fully absorb your shapes and move about the neck freely. Also to helps to fully absorb the notes on the neck. To start with let’s get […]
Hi there,Thanks for reading my blogs, feel free to ask any questions. The next blog in this Improv series will look at playing the pentatonic scales just on 1 string at a time. This is another great way of learning how to integrate your scales + move across the neck easily. In order to maximize […]