CAGED Basics II | 11 | Full Circle
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Hi Everyone,
This is it! The final CAGED Basics II lesson!
In this lesson, we start by sliding a pentatonic scale through multiple positions, talking a little about how useful this kind of thing can be for soloing. Then we move into the play-along tune. First, I play through the tune, then I walk you through the variety of shapes and finger choices for each phrase of the tune.
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CAGED Basics II:
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 11 | Full Circle (current lesson)
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 10 | Pentatonic Pit Stop
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 09 | D Shape
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 08 | Pentatonic Pit Stop
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 07 | E Shape
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 06 | Pentatonic Pit Stop
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 05 | G Shape
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 04 | Pentatonic Pit Stop
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 03 | A Shape
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 02 | C Shape
CAGED Basics II | Lesson 01 | Overview
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Comments
Well, after that lesson, I was just soloing the E major cshape putting some really cool notes together thank you that was a blast , it sounded pretty amazing for a rookie like me , so stoke we got 11 more to go ?
Darin Scott Culpepper
2025-01-17 18:06:06 +0000 UTCHello Scot, it seems to be I’m 3/4 of the way through the first cage, basics video and the combination of notes in the C major, which is the one cord and in the D minor the two cord all the notes are combined together to make little solos, I’m noticing
Darin Scott Culpepper
2025-01-17 15:37:50 +0000 UTCQuestion: Caged Basics II Lesson 11, Linked Scales, pages 3 and 4. What am I not seeing? The red dots for the minor scales, are they in the right places? I thought a scale was named after the root note (first note of the scale). What I see written on the page is F Minor, but red dot roots on the A flats. Also, C Minor, shows red dot roots on the E flats. Help, help me Ronda!
Richard Finlay
2024-03-30 18:06:53 +0000 UTCHey Scott! Finally made it through all the lessons, it’s amazing how much confidence you gain knowing this stuff, thanks again! I would like to ask if you have any lesson or video that explains how to transcribe or find the Minor Pentatonics, you are showing one here but you didn’t really explain how to find them. Anything will help 🙏🏼
blase.tattoos
2023-08-29 02:10:24 +0000 UTCI really appreciate it! apparently no one has spoken up. I’ll get that sorted tomorrow
Scott Paul Johnson
2023-07-26 03:56:13 +0000 UTCHey, sorry man but I found another error on this one in all the videos and the PDF. Bottom of page 6 (Page 2 of the Practice section, 18:20 in the main video) on bar 5, the tablature is correct but the finger numbering is screwy. It should read 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 1, but instead it reads 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3.
Dan McHugh
2023-07-26 03:43:36 +0000 UTCCan’t believe I finished. I’ve done well on the practice stuff, I can play most of it at very high BPM’S. I still need work on the relative minor theory though. I know the CAGED major chord shapes like the back of my hand but not the relative minors yet. I will need to go back through the lessons again but that’s ok. I enjoy them even though the theory is more tedious. I can play all the minor shapes but it hasn’t clicked yet on how they’re related (relative).
DanielC
2023-06-04 00:14:50 +0000 UTCoo thanks I'll fix that asap
Scott Paul Johnson
2023-05-30 03:09:40 +0000 UTCHi Scott - typo on page 1 of lesson 9, the pentatonic diagram has the root on the wrong string. I'm just finishing the series and looking forward to CAGED soloing!
Tony McGrath
2023-05-29 15:34:19 +0000 UTCOr did you choose them because they show every combination of moving from one caged position to another? Like C shape to A shape and D shape to C shape? Sorry, my brain isn't braining today.
Kushal Sandhu
2023-05-28 07:49:49 +0000 UTCHi Scott, I am feeling a bit confused about the full circle and I feel silly for asking this question. However, about the linked scales, are the F minor, C major, E major, and C minor specific scale "shapes" we should memorize? Or did you choose those arbitrarily as examples? Thanks!
Kushal Sandhu
2023-05-28 07:43:54 +0000 UTCHi Everyone - looks like there is a small section of TAB in the video that doesn't match what I'm playing. I'll update video very soon here, PDF is corrected
Scott Paul Johnson
2023-05-09 18:13:07 +0000 UTC
