Hopefully between this lesson and the last lesson about Why the CAGED system doesn’t make sense, you were able to recognize the key differences between dynamic and static systems of fretboard visualization. In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to combine the major and minor pentatonic scales with chord shapes from the CAGED System. Same scale, different shape. The five C-A-G-E-D scale shapes (C shape, A shape, G shape, E shape and D shape) surround the entire fretboard. Your email address will not be published. It is essentially just a different shape, with a different starting note. If we played this shape by starting on the 4th fret (for example), we would be playing a ‘Db minor pentatonic scale’. However, looking at the interval structure is only one way of identifying with a scale. 5th note of the major scale. So for each scale that you learn, how many different shapes should you learn? In this case, let’s learn the Major Pentatonic scale around each of the scale … Because we play this shape by starting on the 5th string, you need to know the notes along the 5th string in order to know which key you are in. But not only the root note of the key, but of the chord tone, if a chord you want to solo over is not the key of the progression. This makes learning the system as a whole much easier. START Extras The only difference is the root (in red), the starting note. Keep in mind that while this is a different shape than the original one, it is the same scale – minor pentatonic. 9:20 – Explanation of Intro Demo. As you say, it’s all about visualization, which is necessary for total fretboard mastery. If you know the theory (which you do, right?) When you are focusing on the “I chord” of the key that you are playing in, it is often helpful to make the connection between the pentatonic position that you are in and the nearby available CAGED shape. Thanks for this insight, Brian. Because it is movable, we are able to use it to play the minor pentatonic scale in all 12 keys. Without learning any other shapes, you can’t really move out of your current position. 0:45 – 5 Pentatonic Positions vs 5 CAGED Shapes Comparisons You’ll learn how to easily jump from the major to the minor pentatonic scale in three main neck positions AND how to play the 1, 4, 5 chords in those various positions. Of course, now that we know two different shapes for the same scale, we can play the same scale, in the same key, in two different positions. CAGED System Movable scales using the CAGED system. However, I prefer not to use these labels, as it can be confusing. you can figure out how to play scales in a given position. It is based on five essential guitar chord forms found in the first position: C, A, G, E and D. The C-A-G-E-D System provides a simple way of grouping melodies with their related … The answer is five. D’Addario & Company Inc. Let’s look at the five different positions of the pentatonic scale. Let’s say we wanted to play the G minor pentatonic scale. The second image contains numbers (in red) that tell you in which order to play each note. The problem is that it is not very practical. The 5 position of the pentatonic scale actually fit over each chord form. Ok, that is a very simple explanation, but it’s a good starting point. I’m old af now and still at it! Note how these shapes also built off the CAGED octave shapes. It would probably be too confusing to try to explain this process note by note. In actual fact, we should play these notes when practising each shape. That same “Position #1 = G-Shape” connection won’t work anymore. The notes are the same, therefore, the pattern is the same. These are the static systems. The is also applies to the Pentatonic scale. Its definitely a good idea to learn the minor pentatonic in all CAGED positions.