CAGED SYSTEM

- Take 5 chords – c,a,g,e and d – this gives positions to play arpeggios. E.g. for E chord, the
arpeggio is 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0
- Now you can move this up the nect. The arpeggio for A will be 5, 7, 7, 6, 5, 5 for E chord base.
- Then, over each chord is an overlying PENTATONIC scale, and you can mix this with the arpeggio
to solo. With each pentatonic, you need to memorize the shape and know where the root is.
- This also allows you to move up and down the neck using different chord base as the link, since
e.g. C can be played using all five chords as the base – all in different places.
- So, for example, practice soloing over c chord, but move through all five positions and use all
five arpeggios and all five pentatonics as you do so.
- This system makes soloing over chord changes easy. For example, for some changes you do not
even have to move the left hand into a different fret position, you just change the underlying
chord and the related arpeggio and pentatonic scale.
- ARPEGGIOS TELL YOU WHERE THE STRONG TONES ARE (TONES 1,3 AND 5)
- SAME CAN BE DONE FOR MINOR CHORDS

Note: TO PLAY ARPEGGIO, ONLY PLAY THE CHORD TONES, I.E. ISOLATE THE 1,3 AND 5 NOTES.

Steps to learn the neck: learn CAGED first (for major, minor, pentatonic, melodic minor, blues), then
learn 3 notes per scale system, also known as 7 position system.