Eli5 CAGED system on guitar
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Caged starts with the idea that chords are built from triads… Triads are built from scales… And every scale has a shape. When you change your position on the fretboard, you can play all the same scales and chords, but the shape changes.
Also that when you move through the positions, the changing shapes stack on top of each other like Tetris pieces. So you can play an Asus11 chord starting with any A on the fretboard – you haven’t memorized a chord, you learned the mechanics.
Caged helps break a stereotype that guitarists face: we notoriously lack the ability to apply abstract music theory (don’t take offense, it’s 100% an earned stereotype). Novice guitarists learn some chords and play tablature. CAGED helps you break through to applying music theory to a guitar. It’ll teach you how to play notes & chords from sheet music, analyze music by ear, and possibly compose.
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