That is so cool Richard, but ohhh man I can't look at it. My prof has been teaching me everything based on Berklee's version of the
CAGED system and I'll be learning from another credible online guitar lesson resource that offers unreal value.
Care to elaborate more on the
JamPlay or DVD Learn at home version of CAGED system, if even briefly? I'm a big
CAGED fan, tis a beautiful
system.
The Berklee
CAGED system is nothing you wouldn't figure out yourself... I feel kind of dumb for making it seem like it has this mystique about it- really it's just a sensible way of practicing and performing on the guitar.
If you've already looked at the
CAGED system, you know that basically what you're doing is using each of the major chords- C A G E and D, in that order) in five different positions to locate all of the basic arpeggios/scale positions of a given key. The way they teach it at Berklee is that there are basically four parent scales- Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, and Harmonic Major- that need internalizing in all five
CAGED positions. They also want you to practice anything- licks, chord progressions, heads, and rhythm- in not only all 12 keys, but in all possible positions. Mastering the
CAGED system basically means that you're comfortable playing anywhere, anytime, over any chords.
The issue that some people find with
CAGED is that it "trains" you to play from these predictable positions- even though the nuts and bolts of it are IMO pretty essential. This lesson Nikita posted is cool because it helps to not only connect the
CAGED fingerings but free you of the whole "position" playing mindset entirely, and has some neat insight into approaching the guitar itself as one long position.
I'm going to be honest, review the full array of guitar lessons online that teach the caged system over here. It all starts with guitar lessons for beginners on DVD or Video.
Learn at home, it is the perfect environment.
