Lesson Files

Great Intro - Many ways of tackling it.

Check out Youtube and see the different ways people have managed to play this.

You just have to find your way.

I think the experimentation of where to play is a great part of learning this intro.

Great satisfying riff to play.

I use this song for most new starters, you'll be playing it in no time.

Lesson File showing the minor Pentatonic Scale within the CAGED system.

Neck diagram.

5 Blocks with 12 Frets each.

3 Blocks contains 12 frets each.

1st block has all the natural notes i.e. C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

2nd block adds the # (sharp) notes.

3rd block adds the b (flat) notes.

Neck diagram, Blank Fretboard.

6 Blocks with 12 Frets each.

A whopping 24 fret guitar diagram, showing the intervals based on various keys of the major scale.

The CAGED system is petty interesting, whether you use it or not, you have to admit, it is pretty clever.

The are 5 shapes and everything can be seen through the lens of one or more of these shapes.

These shapes are referenced by the chord that exists within them: C, A, G,E, D.

The Chords for the CAGED system, flipped over for you lefties.

I'm a leftie (both in hand-writing and politics!) but it didn't occur to me to get a leftie guitar. I always wonder what sort of player I would be had I done so, hmmm.

Neck diagram.

7 Blocks with 12 Frets each.

Blank sheet with Tab format for 6 stringed instruments.

Sketch out your ideas before you forget.

Lesson File showing Major Pentatonic Scale within the CAGED system.