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Unlocking Major CAGED

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Introduction

Truly unlock the fretboard

Welcome to the Unlocking Major CAGED Course. If you've ever wondered about the power of the CAGED chord system, this course is the place to start. At Your Guitar Academy, we firmly believe that the CAGED system is the gateway to playing in any key, using any scale, chord, or arpeggio across the neck. Imagine effortlessly playing smooth lead lines that seamlessly navigate through any backing track's chords. This course lays essential foundations for mastering the CAGED system, providing daily exercises and practice routines in a guitar gym-style format to make this knowledge second nature, with an additional focus on using it musically!

Imagine putting a jam track on, reading the chords and instantly being able to play smooth, flowing lead lines that can move through the chords of the track. The CAGED chord system will get you there!

Dan Holton

Effortless understanding

Throughout the course, we break down the CAGED chord shapes, offering multiple ways to play them. We then layer on major arpeggios, pentatonics, and diatonic scales. By the end of the course, you'll target key notes within each chord, effortlessly locate chords on the neck, and add major pentatonic and diatonic scales for beautiful lead melodies. The course divides chords into six units, covering each of the five CAGED positions, breaking them down into four crucial steps, then a final unit putting it all together musically! You'll tackle chord shapes and arpeggios, master finding chords anywhere, and seamlessly integrate pentatonic and diatonic scales.

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This course includes the following 6 units:

Unit 1

The E CAGED Shape

We kick off with our E shape CAGED chord. This feels like the best place to start as it’s built from the root note on the E string, and is the most common chord of the CAGED chord system.

Lesson 1Chords & Arpeggio

Lesson 2Diatonic & Pentatonic

Lesson 3Moving Keys

Lesson 4Melodic Playing

Unit 2

The D CAGED Shape

We now move onto our D shape CAGED chord. This isn’t quite as easy to find as the E string shape, but will rapidly help you learn the D string notes.

Lesson 1Chord & Arpeggio

Lesson 2Diatonic & Pentatonic

Lesson 3Moving Keys

Lesson 4Melodic Playing

Unit 3

The C CAGED Shape

We now move onto our C shape CAGED chord. This is Dan's favourite of the 5 CAGED shapes, and can be easily found on the A string.

Lesson 1Chord & Arpeggio

Lesson 2Diatonic & Pentatonic

Lesson 3Moving Keys

Lesson 4Melodic Playing

Unit 4

The A CAGED Shape

We now move onto our A shape CAGED chord. This is another very well known shape, as it’s one of your barre chord positions, and can be easily found on the A string.

Lesson 1Chord & Arpeggio

Lesson 2Diatonic & Pentatonic

Lesson 3Moving Keys

Lesson 4Melodic Playing

Unit 5

The G CAGED Shape

We now move onto our G shape CAGED chord. This is the least well known shape, but arguably one of the most useful, as it contains pentatonic box 1.

Lesson 1Chord & Arpeggio

Lesson 2Diatonic & Pentatonic

Lesson 3Moving Keys

Lesson 4Melodic Playing

Unit 6

Putting It Together

In our final unit, we draw all the shapes together to allow us to play in just one area of the fretboard. This will allow us to have total freedom over what we play, without having to jump around the fretboard to find the same chord shape.

Lesson 1All The Chords

Lesson 2Adding The Layers

Lesson 3Melodic Playing

Lesson 4The Future

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