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 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.

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.

Neck diagram.

7 Blocks with 12 Frets each.

Blank sheet with Tab format for 6 stringed instruments.

Sketch out your ideas before you forget.

Diagram of the shapes created when applying the '3 notes per string' concept to the major scale.