This second volume of Chord Studies: CAGED Chords expands your facility of major and minor CAGED chord forms. Mastering the studies in this volume further develops your economy of motion, new voicings, and allows you to play in any key anywhere on the neck.
About the Chord Studies Series
If Forest Gump’s shrimp-loving Bubba played guitar, his take on chords might go something like this, ”You can strum ‘em, fingerpick ‘em, arpeggiate ‘em, mute ‘em, alternate tune ‘em, voice lead ‘em. Dey’s uh, barre chords, altered chords, extended chords, moveable chords, cluster chords, slash chords, inversions, triads, diads. There’s jazz chords, power chords, blues chords, cowboy chords, block chords, open chords…”
Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).
Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.
However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.
Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.
Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.
Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.
What you'll learn
Execute clean chord changes with proper muting technique
Identify which CAGED/EDCAG form to use for specific chords
Achieve clarity in chord voicings
Understand how to apply moveable chord shapes across the neck
Understand how barre chords derive from folk chord shapes
This second volume of Chord Studies: CAGED Chords expands your facility of major and minor CAGED chord forms. Mastering the studies in this volume further develops your economy of motion, new voicings, and allows you to play in any key anywhere on the neck.
2CAGED Chords Vol. 2
This second volume of Chord Studies: CAGED Chords expands your facility of major and minor CAGED chord forms. Mastering the studies in this volume further develops your economy of motion, new voicings, and allows you to play in any key anywhere on the neck.
3Into The Cage
This progression is a V - IV - I in the key of A. We're employing the CAGED system and are using the forms that the system is based on because we're down in open position. When switching from the E to D, utilize your first finger as a guide finger, sliding it up one fret. When switching to the A, your third finger will be a guide, and your first finger will be a pivot, meaning that it doesn't move.
4Into The Cage
This progression is a V - IV - I in the key of A. We're employing the CAGED system and are using the forms that the system is based on because we're down in open position. When switching from the E to D, utilize your first finger as a guide finger, sliding it up one fret. When switching to the A, your third finger will be a guide, and your first finger will be a pivot, meaning that it doesn't move.
5Look Ma, No Capo!
Here we are again using the V - IV - I in the key of A. For this progression, you could use a capo on the second fret and use your open chord voicings, but our first finger is going to function as the capo. Some of these chord voicings are a little challenging, but great for stretching out your hand!
6Look Ma, No Capo!
Here we are again using the V - IV - I in the key of A. For this progression, you could use a capo on the second fret and use your open chord voicings, but our first finger is going to function as the capo. Some of these chord voicings are a little challenging, but great for stretching out your hand!
7Barre One
This progression is a V - IV - I in the key of A. Our E chord is using a C form out of the CAGED system. You can choose to barre just the first three strings, or you can barre to the fifth string and use that first finger as a guide finger when moving to the D. You'll notice that when you move to the A chord you'll roll your third finger from a barre over to the fifth string, and utilize the E form out of CAGED system.
I give this class 5 stars because I have had trouble in the past trying to learn chords and strumming progressions all over the neck. The structure is well planned and progress is from easy to not so easy but you are ready for it if you follow along and practice!
