OFFICE HOURS 127 | Relative Major and Minor, CAGED Diminished chords, tricky chord progressions
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Hi Everyone,
You missed this one! Catch the next one. Here were the questions:
Question 1: John had a question about relative major and minor.
Question 2: Alice had a series of questions about how CAGED fits with diminished and augmented chords, dorian mode, double sharps, and a few other things.
Question 3: Graeme had a fun puzzle about wether a chord progression was in B Dorian or E Mixolydian
Question 4: Holly was basically wondering about how to write melodies on guitar. My Melody Making course is about the theory behind melodies, and my CAGED Soloing series is more about applying melody concepts to the fingerboard.
Question 5: Adam had a few questions and I did a little brief lesson on modes
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Hey Scott, hope all is well! I’ll get right to the point, when playing with my band I sometimes get confused about what to play in improvise lead when they shout a key for me to play in. Is there an easy way to figure out where to put my hands when someone tells me a key? I’m probably making it more complicated than it is. Also, I have two hours a day (6-8pm) every day that I want to practice, could you help me make a practice schedule so I know what I’m doing when I practice? Sometimes it’s time to practice and I have no idea where to begin. I also want to practice being able to just play within the boundaries of each key so how could I practice that?
Daniel Torres
2023-07-13 15:26:22 +0000 UTCHi Alice, I doubt you’ll be at caged for a year, it will go faster than you think. I took the CAGED course first then went straight to CAGED-II. It helped me grasp it even better now in just a few short weeks I know it well. Good luck, cheers.
DanielC
2023-07-09 05:21:09 +0000 UTCI will probably be practicing caged for the next year or two so get used to me lol
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:22:45 +0000 UTCPs I know major and minor scale formulae
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:21:09 +0000 UTCDouble sharps...wtfudge ?
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:19:49 +0000 UTCIs there an easier way to know what to write when practicing written scales ? Such as D#m Fbm B#M and C#m. I'm trying to drill the method into my head of knowing at least some basic scales. I've learned that writing out a major scale can lead to an ah ha moment for the minor. Someone suggested I just drop down....I have no idea how to do this
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:18:37 +0000 UTCHave I missed something or were the positions named after a key
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:06:16 +0000 UTCIs it just experience and position that leads you to what shape to use ?
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:03:50 +0000 UTCIn my last video you went to the key of E. What brought you to choos this? Random key I'm hoping.
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:02:44 +0000 UTCHow does A dorian not cover a major minor and penatonic ?
alice kelly
2023-07-07 18:00:34 +0000 UTCI had / am having some problems with some of your videos turning pink and kicking me out.
alice kelly
2023-07-07 17:59:30 +0000 UTCSo I assume that caged having been taught in major also applies to minor diminished and augmented?
alice kelly
2023-07-07 17:58:43 +0000 UTCHey Scott. Long time, first time here. I have been working on your CAGE lessons which focus on the minor keys and I am struggling a bit. Is the best way to think about when I play a song in a minor key to think I am playing in the relative major (e.g., Playing in C when a song is in Am)? I know the chord tones will be different but I guess it is a little bit of mental gymnastics when a jam track in B flat minor comes on the rotation to figure out what to play. Thanks!
John Folstrom
2023-07-07 02:13:23 +0000 UTC
