Scott Paul Johnson - Guitar Lessons in Seattle

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CAGED Soloing | 01

C Shape | I - ii Progression

This is the first episode of a more holistic reboot of my previous CAGED System Series. I think the previous series was a great start (and still useful to watch if you want reinforcement for this lesson), but this one should really drive some concepts home a little more clearly.

I recommend having a strong familiarity with these lessons before diving into this series:
Music Theory for Guitar
Music Theory Monday (through Melody Making)
Octave Shapes

For this series, there is a nice color scheme for the different kinds of notes and shapes we'll be exploring. For the following series, 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.