Ep98 Why the CAGED System Will NOT Hurt Your Guitar Playing

Guitar Music Theory

Desi Serna

Musictheoryforguitar, Guitar, Guitarscales, Performing Arts, Guitarmusictheory, Music, Guitarlessons, Arts, Guitarchords, Guitartheory

4.6 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Some people say the guitar CAGED system sucks and is harmful to your playing, but 99.99% of the guitar-playing community disagrees with this assertion and finds the CAGED system to be an important part of understanding the fretboard and playing music. Find out how the CAGED system is useful for navigating the neck, playing chords, and playing scale patterns in this free guitar lesson.

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0:00.0	In episode 98 of the guitar music theory podcast, I address the claim that the cage system will hurt your playing. Greetings guitar engineers.
0:13.0	Greetings guitar engineers.
0:12.0	Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast I am your host
0:25.0	Desi Cerna and if you spend any time online learning about scales and chords you're
0:30.4	likely to come across the so-called caged system.
0:34.0	Most of the information you'll find on it is positive,
0:37.0	but there are a few detractors that claim the system sucks
0:41.0	and will hurt your guitar playing.
0:43.0	Well today I explained that you don't need to pay any attention to those critics.
0:47.6	The cage system is definitely something you want to understand eventually because it's very
0:52.2	helpful in getting to know the
0:53.7	fret board and very useful for playing music. Perhaps what I talk about today is
0:58.6	just the sort of thing you should be working at right now or maybe your guitar playing needs help in other areas.
1:05.8	If you need help determining what you should specifically be working on right now in order to
1:10.0	get your guitar skills together and move forward with your playing, go to my website
1:14.6	guitar music theory.com. Answer the question I ask you about your playing and I'll send you
1:19.8	free custom video instruction calibrated to your current level.
1:24.1	I'll show you how to get on the right track so you fill any gaps in your playing
1:28.0	and move forward to reach your music goals.
1:30.4	Enroll in your free video course today at guitar music theory.com.
1:35.0	You can click on the link in the podcast show notes. So, All right, let's dive in.
1:53.0	So the controversy regarding this cage system, at least with a few people at least, is in regard to how we learn major scale patterns on the fretboard. There's a couple of
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