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    How To Use The CAGED System To Play A Solo.01

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    The document provides instructions for using the CAGED system to play guitar solos. It explains that the C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes appear in order when mapping out all the notes in a chord on every string. These shapes can also be used to form major and minor pentatonic scales. The practice section instructs the reader to circle notes on a fretboard diagram to visualize chord shapes, scale roots, and how the CAGED shapes apply as scales across the neck.

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    The document provides instructions for using the CAGED system to play guitar solos. It explains that the C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes appear in order when mapping out all the notes in a chord on every string. These shapes can also be used to form major and minor pentatonic scales. The practice section instructs the reader to circle notes on a fretboard diagram to visualize chord shapes, scale roots, and how the CAGED shapes apply as scales across the neck.

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    The document provides instructions for using the CAGED system to play guitar solos. It explains that the C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes appear in order when mapping out all the notes in a chord on every string. These shapes can also be used to form major and minor pentatonic scales. The practice section instructs the reader to circle notes on a fretboard diagram to visualize chord shapes, scale roots, and how the CAGED shapes apply as scales across the neck.

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    How To Use The CAGED System To Play A Solo.01

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    The document provides instructions for using the CAGED system to play guitar solos. It explains that the C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes appear in order when mapping out all the notes in a chord on every string. These shapes can also be used to form major and minor pentatonic scales. The practice section instructs the reader to circle notes on a fretboard diagram to visualize chord shapes, scale roots, and how the CAGED shapes apply as scales across the neck.

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    The document discusses how the CAGED system can be used to play guitar solos by mapping common chord shapes across the fretboard according to their notes.

    The CAGED system shows that the basic C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes appear in order when the notes of each chord are mapped out on every string across the fretboard, allowing chords to be easily transposed up and down the neck.

    The CAGED system also relates to pentatonic scales, as the notes of the chord shapes can be converted into pentatonic scale patterns by adding two additional notes, demonstrating how chord tones are also scale tones.

    HOW TO USE

    THE CAGED SYSTEM


    TO PLAY A SOLO
    This PDF is a summary of this video: https://youtu.be/0Qp26KcDrGw

    www.scottpauljohnson.com
    THE BASIC SHAPES
    C chord NOTES:
    All chords are made
    A chord NOTES: of individual notes.
    E G E C EA E A On guitar, the open
    C E C# chord shapes are the
    E G EAC E result of plotting out
    GC G where those notes
    are.

    G chord NOTES: E chord NOTES: D chord NOTES:


    DGB G E BE E AD D
    B G G# F#
    B D BE B F A F A
    G DG D
    MAPPING OUT CHORDS UP THE NECK
    E G E E G E E G E
    C, A, G, E, C
    C C C
    and D s
    E h E E
    shapes a
    p
    GC G GC G GC G
    appear in e A
    order s
    h
    when you GC E GC E a
    p
    GC E
    G
    map out e s
    all the E E E
    h
    a
    notes in a C GC E C GC C GC
    p
    e
    chord on s
    E E E
    every h
    string GC a GC GC
    p D
    e s
    h
    E G E E G E a E G E
    p
    C C e C
    CAGED Pentatonic Scales
    On the left are all the notes in a C Major chord as
    shown on the previous page. Note names have been
    replaced with dots.

    ( Roots = C ) ( Thirds= E ) ( Fifths = G )

    On the right, two notes have been added, converting


    a set of C chords into a set of C Major pentatonic
    scales. These are the five notes of a C Major penta-
    tonic scale.

    (1 = C) (2 = D) (3 = E) (4 = G) (5=A)
    Major Pentatonic Root Notes
    Major root notes in PURPLE
    C shape

    A shape

    G shape

    E shape

    D shape
    Minor Pentatonic Root Notes
    Minor root notes in RED
    Major root notes in PURPLE
    C shape

    A shape

    G shape

    E shape

    D shape
    PRACTICE
    Print out the included “guitar E A D G B E
    (chord shapes)
    E A D G B E
    (penta shape)
    E A D G B E

    note name scratch paper.” F C F F C F F C F

    frets

    frets

    frets
    B E A B E A B E A
    1.Circle all the names of the G C F D G 3 G C F D G 3 G C F D G 3
    notes in a particular chord
    B B B
    and notice the CAGED
    shapes up and down the A D G C E A 5 A D G C E A 5 A D G C E A 5
    neck. F F F
    B E A D B 7 B E A D B 7 B E A D B 7
    2. Circle the root notes of a C F G C C F G C C F G C
    major or minor key you
    would like to practice. Then B E 9 B E 9 B E 9
    write in the appropriate D G C F A D D G C F A D D G C F A D
    scale shapes. Play the
    scales to confirm they sound E A D G B E 12 E A D G B E 12 E A D G B E 12
    like you might expect.
    F C F F C F F C F

    3. Circle just the root notes B E A B E A B E A


    of a scale and try to visualize G C F D G 15 G C F D G 15 G C F D G 15
    where to play the appropri- B B B
    ate scale shape associated
    A D G C E A 17 A D G C E A 17 A D G C E A 17
    with that root note,

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