Caged System Guitar Positions: Detailed Possible Instruction For The Guitar Player

It starts with a vision or a dream. Maybe even a memory. You’re surrounded by people. It’s your high school buddies — maybe it’s your children or grandchildren. You’re holding a guitar, and it’s the most beautiful guitar you’ve seen — because it’s yours and you know how to play it. Every song you sing, every chord you play, brings joy to you and those around you as they join you. Some sing harmony, others have guitars, too. The scale shapes are then used to derive pentatonic scales and triad arpeggios without creating the unnecessary confusion of learning more shapes and fingerings. The entire neck of the guitar opens up for you, starting simply from the five rudimentary open chord shapes.