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CAGED Cracked
Broaden your perspective of the fretboard and chord choices for any given tune
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About this course
Most players have a general understanding of the CAGED system - five moveable major chord forms (C, A, G, E and D) that can be played in any position, up and down the neck. Most guitar players are also familiar with EDCAG - the five moveable minor forms that can likewise be played in any position, up and down the fretboard.
These CAGED and EDCAG guitar lessons give players a much broader perspective of the fretboard and provide a significantly wider selection of chord choices and positions for any given tune. These benefits alone are worth the price of admission for getting a grip on CAGED and EDCAG, but that's just the start.
TrueFire's CAGED Cracked, by Brad Carlton, unlocks the improvisational firepower of CAGED for not just rhythm work but fills, solos and melodies as well. These video guitar lessons are the ultimate "rut-buster" for advanced and intermediate players alike, CAGED Cracked quickly transforms every aspect of your playing from B&W to color.
Here's how CAGED Cracked is presented:
You'll start off learning how to play ten moveable forms (all of which you probably already know in open position).
Once you have a handle on the forms, Carlton shows you how to easily and quickly learn how to play and identify roots and other strong tones.
You'll then learn to overlay intervals, arpeggios, pentatonics and other scale forms - all of them also moveable to any key.
You'll also learn handy inversions of the chord forms to connect the dots between forms and add texture to the harmony.
Now the fun begins as you put your big bag of moveable chords, arpeggios and scale forms to work to comp and improvise solos over any changes, in virtually any fretboard position.
Pull out fills at will and instantly connect strong tones across even the most complicated changes to form seamless melodic lines and compositions.
These CAGED and EDCAG guitar lessons give players a much broader perspective of the fretboard and provide a significantly wider selection of chord choices and positions for any given tune. These benefits alone are worth the price of admission for getting a grip on CAGED and EDCAG, but that's just the start.
TrueFire's CAGED Cracked, by Brad Carlton, unlocks the improvisational firepower of CAGED for not just rhythm work but fills, solos and melodies as well. These video guitar lessons are the ultimate "rut-buster" for advanced and intermediate players alike, CAGED Cracked quickly transforms every aspect of your playing from B&W to color.
Here's how CAGED Cracked is presented:
You'll start off learning how to play ten moveable forms (all of which you probably already know in open position).
Once you have a handle on the forms, Carlton shows you how to easily and quickly learn how to play and identify roots and other strong tones.
You'll then learn to overlay intervals, arpeggios, pentatonics and other scale forms - all of them also moveable to any key.
You'll also learn handy inversions of the chord forms to connect the dots between forms and add texture to the harmony.
Now the fun begins as you put your big bag of moveable chords, arpeggios and scale forms to work to comp and improvise solos over any changes, in virtually any fretboard position.
Pull out fills at will and instantly connect strong tones across even the most complicated changes to form seamless melodic lines and compositions.
What you'll learn
- Play fourth string root major pentatonic scale with correct fingering
- Execute E form arpeggios (root, third, fifth pattern)
- Navigate between all five CAGED forms across the fretboard
- Extract rhythm parts from block chord forms
- Understand how pentatonic scales relate to each CAGED form
Release date: 02/17/2006 • 3h 20m runtime
Sample lessons
C Form w/Arpeggio
Over C Vamp
C Form w/Arpeggio
Over E & G Vamp
C Form w/Arpeggio
and Major Pentatonic
A Form w/Arpeggio
and Major Pentatonic
What's included
40 lessons • 8 charts • 17 Jam Tracks
Five Chord Forms of the CAGED System
Mastering the fingerboard is an enormous task that takes years of study. The biggest problem is that unlike the piano there are multiple locations for the same pitch.
The "CAGED" system is an efficient way to break a 12 fret (one octave) span of the fingerboard into five areas each of which have their own major chord form, arpeggio and major pentatonic scale form.
We will cover each of the five positions of the CAGED system and also the "EDCAG" system which applies to minor chords.
You'll also get to apply this information to static chord vamps and progressions to enhance your skills not only as a rhythm guitarist but also a soloist. NOTE: We'll use eight jam tracks across the ten lessons. Sometimes several jams will be used as a reference in a particular lesson. Check the text for the key or progression of the jam featured in each lesson. You can and should transpose all of the forms and scales into all keys, thus each jam can be used across all forms and keys.
Jam Track: Cadd9
The "CAGED" system is an efficient way to break a 12 fret (one octave) span of the fingerboard into five areas each of which have their own major chord form, arpeggio and major pentatonic scale form.
We will cover each of the five positions of the CAGED system and also the "EDCAG" system which applies to minor chords.
You'll also get to apply this information to static chord vamps and progressions to enhance your skills not only as a rhythm guitarist but also a soloist. NOTE: We'll use eight jam tracks across the ten lessons. Sometimes several jams will be used as a reference in a particular lesson. Check the text for the key or progression of the jam featured in each lesson. You can and should transpose all of the forms and scales into all keys, thus each jam can be used across all forms and keys.
Jam Track: Cadd9
C Form w/Arpeggio
Mastering the fingerboard is an enormous task that takes years of study. The biggest problem is that unlike the piano there are multiple locations for the same pitch.
The "CAGED" system is an efficient way to break a 12 fret (one octave) span of the fingerboard into five areas each of which have their own major chord form, arpeggio and major pentatonic scale form.
We will cover each of the five positions of the CAGED system and also the "EDCAG" system which applies to minor chords.
You'll also get to apply this information to static chord vamps and progressions to enhance your skills not only as a rhythm guitarist but also a soloist. NOTE: We'll use eight jam tracks across the ten lessons. Sometimes several jams will be used as a reference in a particular lesson. Check the text for the key or progression of the jam featured in each lesson. You can and should transpose all of the forms and scales into all keys, thus each jam can be used across all forms and keys.
Jam Track: Cadd9
The "CAGED" system is an efficient way to break a 12 fret (one octave) span of the fingerboard into five areas each of which have their own major chord form, arpeggio and major pentatonic scale form.
We will cover each of the five positions of the CAGED system and also the "EDCAG" system which applies to minor chords.
You'll also get to apply this information to static chord vamps and progressions to enhance your skills not only as a rhythm guitarist but also a soloist. NOTE: We'll use eight jam tracks across the ten lessons. Sometimes several jams will be used as a reference in a particular lesson. Check the text for the key or progression of the jam featured in each lesson. You can and should transpose all of the forms and scales into all keys, thus each jam can be used across all forms and keys.
Jam Track: Cadd9
C Form w/Arpeggio
Lesson one covered the C form major chord. In this lesson you will learn the major pentatonic scale form which "lays on top of" this chord form. We will also transpose to some different keys. By building on the major arpeggio, you are assured of always knowing your "strong tones".
Understanding and seeing the various scales and strong tones within each of the CAGED forms, opens up endless possibilities for rhythm and lead work. Better yet, this "forces" you to abandon your memorized patterns and produce new colors and textures in your playing.
Jam Track: E Major
Understanding and seeing the various scales and strong tones within each of the CAGED forms, opens up endless possibilities for rhythm and lead work. Better yet, this "forces" you to abandon your memorized patterns and produce new colors and textures in your playing.
Jam Track: E Major
C Form w/Arpeggio
Lesson one covered the C form major chord. In this lesson you will learn the major pentatonic scale form which "lays on top of" this chord form. We will also transpose to some different keys. By building on the major arpeggio, you are assured of always knowing your "strong tones".
Understanding and seeing the various scales and strong tones within each of the CAGED forms, opens up endless possibilities for rhythm and lead work. Better yet, this "forces" you to abandon your memorized patterns and produce new colors and textures in your playing.
Jam Track: E Major
Understanding and seeing the various scales and strong tones within each of the CAGED forms, opens up endless possibilities for rhythm and lead work. Better yet, this "forces" you to abandon your memorized patterns and produce new colors and textures in your playing.
Jam Track: E Major
A Form w/Arpeggio
This lesson continues with the A form out of the CAGED system. All three components are correlated; major chord form, major arpeggio, and the major pentatonic scale.
On the charts provided with the PDF elements, you'll find both fingering and scale degrees. Naturally, knowing the "root" note makes it easy to move the form around the neck. But knowing the various scale degrees, strong and color tones, multiplies your options tenfold when it comes to rhythmic fills, melody or soloing inside (or outside) the form and key.
Jam Track: G Major
On the charts provided with the PDF elements, you'll find both fingering and scale degrees. Naturally, knowing the "root" note makes it easy to move the form around the neck. But knowing the various scale degrees, strong and color tones, multiplies your options tenfold when it comes to rhythmic fills, melody or soloing inside (or outside) the form and key.
Jam Track: G Major
A Form w/Arpeggio
This lesson continues with the A form out of the CAGED system. All three components are correlated; major chord form, major arpeggio, and the major pentatonic scale.
On the charts provided with the PDF elements, you'll find both fingering and scale degrees. Naturally, knowing the "root" note makes it easy to move the form around the neck. But knowing the various scale degrees, strong and color tones, multiplies your options tenfold when it comes to rhythmic fills, melody or soloing inside (or outside) the form and key.
Jam Track: G Major
On the charts provided with the PDF elements, you'll find both fingering and scale degrees. Naturally, knowing the "root" note makes it easy to move the form around the neck. But knowing the various scale degrees, strong and color tones, multiplies your options tenfold when it comes to rhythmic fills, melody or soloing inside (or outside) the form and key.
Jam Track: G Major
G Form w/Arpeggio
The next letter in our CAGED system is G, so the G form chord, arpeggio and associated Maj pentatonic scale form are presented in this lesson. We then will link all three of the forms we have covered up to this point thus enabling us to "see" more fingerboard. you'll also get to workout in different keys.
After you get a handle on this information, we'll finish the CAGED system by presenting the E and D forms. Once you've got a grip on all forms, and their respective arpeggios, pentatonics and scale degrees a whole new perspective of the fretboard will start to take shape as will a new set of colors on your sound palette.
Jam Track: E Major
After you get a handle on this information, we'll finish the CAGED system by presenting the E and D forms. Once you've got a grip on all forms, and their respective arpeggios, pentatonics and scale degrees a whole new perspective of the fretboard will start to take shape as will a new set of colors on your sound palette.
Jam Track: E Major
+ 33 more lessons
Reviews
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Leftyshep
Verified buyer
12/04/24
Easy learning!
Awesome instructor and very easy to understand. I’ve always been skeptical about Caged but this made it easy!
Eeler1
10/07/24
You will learn why you’ve been practicing those pentatonic scales
all this time. I started this course because it’s recommended before the 3rds & 6ths course. And wow! Course is not for the casual or inattentive. Some experience required. But this guy drops one gem after another, pearls of wisdom strung together. And sets things up with a jam track so you can actually use what you just learned, as many times as you want. I’m old and fingering some of these chord forms is difficult, but still getting a lot out of the relationship of caged chords, scales, arpeggios, etc. Like a light bulb coming on after 60 years of playing. Probably should have taken some lessons at some point, but better late than never. Highly recommended course.
laxlyon33
Verified buyer
07/20/24
Great Course—as always.
Brad Carlton is an absolute animal on the guitar. His instruction is razor sharp. He can unlock more in your playing in 90 seconds of instruction than some instructors might be able to in a lifetime. It’s amazing.
louloriente
Verified buyer
04/13/23
Essential Learning - CAGED System
Great video. Brad breaks this study on the CAGED system which fundamentally essential tools for any guitarist of any styles or genre’s into an easy to understand and digest the knowledge of CAGED system. Thanks Brad
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