CAGED 1-Octave Modes chart

[beboy]

I took the Modes and CAGED them.

I kept the Modes to 1-Octave for a couple of reasons. One, I thought it would be easier to see the relationships and differences of the Modes if we only look at 1-Octave. And because I personally spent too much time racing up and down scales not focusing on the Root, that I now feel it is better to pause on the Roots and take notice of them.

Notice the Left to Right relationship between the scale diagrams. As we move to the right each successive scale starts on the next higher scale tone.

Notice the up and down relationship between the scale diagrams. They overlap each other. The Root at the bottom of one grid will be shown on the top of the grid below it.

I've attached a blank chart for anyone that wants it. It is good practice to write your own charts. Brad Carlton recommends that we put the guitar down and write stuff out.

By the way, I really like CAGED. You can apply it to everything.

[jrhoden]

Thanks again beboy for the great charts. I was wondering what application do you use to generate these charts? Keep up the great work.

John

[beboy]

I used microsoft publisher but any publishing program will work. It was simple but time consuming in the beginning. I basically drew a horizontal line and a vertical line then copy and pasted them and made it into the chord diagrams. After I built one I copy and pasted the rest. Then I drew dots and filled most of them in with a gray color and filled the other dots with white. The publishing program lets me drag the dots to wherever I need them.

[Bekaybe]

Nice work as always, Beboy.

[Wolfboy1]

Excellent and thanks again!

[tangoman]

Another great tool. This one goes in my CAGED file. Thanks

[jrhoden]

I think we need to compile these charts and make them a sticky here. As stated numerous times before, these charts are always done very well and are a great resource. Keep up the great work.

[Josh Gibson]

Thanks again, beboy! 1-octave fingerings are VERY useful. They are a great way to see how info lies on the fingerboard, and rather than trying to digest a pattern that covers the entire neck, you can just connect these 1-octave fingerings together.

For anyone trying to put this to use - a good starting point is to pick a single mode/key (say, C Ionian) and slowly memorize/map 1-octave fingerings for each of the 5 CAGED forms.

The E and G forms each have 2 1-octave fingering living inside them, while the C, A and D forms contain a single 1-octave fingering, plus a few notes above and below that single octave.

J

[Hutch82]

Many thanks for your valuable charts beboy.......you deserve a Truefire medal

H

[beboy]

Thanks guys! Making the charts is good therapy for me (almost like meditation), and I'm improving my knowledge by making them.

All of your guy's kind words are reward enough for me (and Brad sent me a free course a few weeks ago).

Josh, thanks for explaining how people can get started with the chart.

If anyone wants to post a lesson (or something similar) that uses any of the charts as a tool, I think it would be great. Between everything else in my life I just haven't had the time to go into detail of all the ways these charts can be used.

[AshleySmith]

Many thanks for these, will study them

[wvgman]

Another home run by Beboy! Great charts and I like the idea of using one octave for the same reasons. It reminds me of another Carltonism, even if slightly out of context: "sometimes less is more."
Great job, Dr. B!

[herby]

I love thinking CAGED and Beboy has become our go-to-guy for this kind of stuff... great job (again).

[salmonela]

Thank you beboy for the great charts