Unit 1: The CAGED System

There are several important benefits of warming up the left-hand fingers before practicing or playing the guitar: Prevent hand injuries. Develop finger-muscle strength. Improve... [read more]

This lesson is designed to help you familiarize yourself with the 5 CAGED system patterns. All 5 shape patterns of the C major pentatonic scale are introduced in this lesson. These shape patterns... [read more]

In this lesson we're going to practice the C Shape Pattern over a C-F-G major chord progression. The purpose of this lesson is to memorize just the C Shape Pattern of the CAGED... [read more]

In this module we're going to practice playing the A Shape Pattern of the CAGED system over the C-F-G major chord progression. As in the previous lesson, you'll only play a specific shape pattern... [read more]

In this lesson we're going recap the notes on the 6th and 5th strings. You'll practice the C and A Shape Patterns over the C-F-G major chord progression mp3 file (from Unit 1 Lesson 2). The... [read more]

In this lesson we're going to focus on practicing just the G Shape Pattern of the CAGED system of the C, F, and G Major Pentatonic Scales. You'll be using the Unit 1 Lesson 2 C-F-G Chord... [read more]

Up this point, you've learned and memorized the C, G, and A Shape Patterns of the CAGED System. We're now going to recap those 3 CAGED System Shape Patterns to make sure you can easily move... [read more]

This lesson will help you learn and memorize the E Shape Pattern of the CAGED System. As in the previous lesson, we'll use the Unit 1 Lesson 2 C-F-G Chord Progression mp3 file as a backing... [read more]

In this lesson we're going to recap the G-E Shape Patterns of the CAGED System. The following download is available: Unit 1 Lesson 8 PDF file. C-F-G Major Chord... [read more]