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CAGED Soloing

For this series, there is a nice color scheme for the different kinds of notes and shapes we'll be exploring. For the following lessons, keep an eye out for these colors:

Green: used to give quick examples of shapes, but in a stack it will be the bottom layer, representing the notes in the Major Scale.

Pink: Represents the pentatonic scale. When you see pink, it will often be layered on top of the major scale to show the "missing" notes from the pentatonic scale.

Yellow: Represents a specific chord. In this series the I chord will always be a C Shape, followed by a chord shape representing ii, iii, IV etc. We'll be stacking yellow chord shapes on top of the major scale and the pentatonic scale.

CAGED Soloing (Old)

This series was initially replace by the CAGED Soloing series above, but I’m including it here because it goes further into the concepts of soloing over CAGED shapes.

I- ii Progression

I - iii Progression

I - IV Progression

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Congratulations!

Now that you’ve made it through my Intermediate Soling collection and have a better understanding of the CAGED system and its relationship to the pentatonic scale, take some time to consider what topics you’re most interested in pursuing from here.

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