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Post by therealmichaelm on Mar 28, 2024 18:43:49 GMT
So it's on an electric, but is more to do with playing than "electric guitar(s)". I kind of think I know what CAGED is, but I see something like this and realize that I obviously don't have a Zen-like understanding of it - or else I'd be able to fluently play the chords up the neck as shown here!
Plays tune at start, FF to about 6 min for breakdown.
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Post by delb0y on Mar 29, 2024 8:32:43 GMT
I always felt the C and D in CAGED were essentially the same thing, so that narrowed the learning to just four shapes. The G is a bit cumbersome - trying to hold a barre whilst holding a G shape - so the impracticality ruled that one out for me, leaving just three shapes. I've never been good at the A barre chord - could never get the "fold" in my third finger to allow me to hold the chord nicely whilst allowing the top string to ring. So I avoid this one. That leaves just E and D. Two shapes, which is eminently manageable. But then E and D are so close together you really only need one or t' other. I like E. So for me CAGED, once simplified, is just an E chord. But it's a good chord.
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Post by therealmichaelm on Mar 29, 2024 9:48:31 GMT
I also saw the C and D - on the upper strings at least - as being the same. Something else I noticed was that there were only 3 useable triad shapes to each string-set and wondered why no-one else (Youtube) seemed to mention this - I put it down to me seeing it "wrong" or not fully understanding it. Then I signed up with Bryan Sutton's AW and he teaches "three shapes" :-) But yes, if I want to hear how a guitar sounds, or after tuning, I always seem to default to a nice big open E chord - it is indeed a good chord
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Post by delb0y on Mar 29, 2024 10:06:10 GMT
Bryan Sutton's school is great. He's a wonderful and generous teacher and one of the best flatpickers on the planet.
I agree, I think the three shapes philosophy is a better way around the neck, especially for lead guitar. On the top three strings I picture an E shape, a D shape, or an A shape (a "long" A, being the same as a G shape really). Learn the minors, the sevenths, an where the nice notes are (say, 6ths and 9ths) and you are good to go.
Lots of videos on this. One of my favourites is Stephanie Wrembel:
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Post by therealmichaelm on Mar 29, 2024 21:17:47 GMT
I like that When I hear something explained like that I can't help wonder why I didn't think of it myself! Obviously a sign of his ability to convey things well. Did he finish that on A maj? I wonder if he meant to... I'll investigate him further, thanks for posting Del
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