Why I Don't Teach the CAGED System...Focus on THIS Instead! (An R&B Guitar Theory Lesson)

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4 жыл бұрын

kerryskamp.com This R&B guitar lesson is all about why I don't teach the CAGED system AND what you should be focused on. Watch this in its entirety, rewatch and then post any questions below. Hi, my name is Kerry 2 Smooth! I am a guitarist, producer, and instructor from Los Angeles, California. I desire to help as many people as I possibly can unlock their full potential as a guitar player. KZfaq is one of my favorite ways to do so.
In this R&B guitar tutorial, I dispell the myth that you have to learn the CAGED system to be a really good guitarist. For R&B, that isn't the case. I invite you to watch this lesson with an open mind, review it several times and pull out your guitar and follow along with me regarding why the CAGED system (in my opinion) is NOT something you need to focus on for R&B guitar, neo soul guitar or gospel guitar.
My best advice to you is to take what I share, try it for yourself, and see how it feels. My goal is always to help simplify concepts so that you can play in a way that unlocks your potential!
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About This Video:
In this video, Kerry 2 Smooth shares why he doesn't teach the CAGED system. Most think that if you want to be a really good guitarist that you need to focus on learning the CAGED system. Find out in this lesson, why you don't need to know the CAGED system and what you should REALLY learn if you want to get good in R&B guitar, Neo Soul guitar or Gospel guitar.

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@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Agree or disagree? This is why I don’t teach CAGED. Let’s have a healthy discussion. Leave your comments below. Let me hear from the R&B, gospel and neo-soul players.

@alexmak5038 4 жыл бұрын

I disagree. To me, the point of the CAGED system is to visualize movable shapes, with barre chords still being based on the CAGED shapes. That first C major7 shape you played can be thought of as an A major7 CAGED shape moved up, with the barre replacing the open strings. By knowing how to move each CAGED shape up the neck, and by knowing how to break each shape up (into triads, inversions, drop 2/drop 3, etc), the voicing possibilities are pretty endless. Playing Gospel, I find CAGED helpful because playing a triad based on one of the shapes, I already see 3 or 4 triads within the same original shape that I could play with. The difference is approaching CAGED with this mentality takes more time than the "open string" approach, but I think if someone's willing to put in the time, the results speak for themselves.

@koleblack8139 4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@fredericoferreira8388 4 жыл бұрын

@@alexmak5038 agree with you! CAGED everywhere!

@fredericoferreira8388 4 жыл бұрын

i desagree... every chord you played are still CAGED...

@Ben-Ken 4 жыл бұрын

I understand what you are trying to say here. I'm just a beginner and every time I look up the chords for an RnB song online, I get the basic vanilla chords that don't sound as good for that particular song. CAGED is a great start to learning the neck. Your ideas add a lot more to it.

@navalhistoryhub3748 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this channel and the work you put in. My partner and mother of our four babies all under 10 years old passed away 30th December 2021. About a week after she passed away i picked up my guitar and came across one of you're videos. You have drastically improved both my playing and understanding of R & B and all the things that make it beautiful. You have and continue to help me through a difficult time and for that i would like to thank you brother. Peace and stay safe.

@tarquinshred 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure that you've fully understood how CAGED works... It's a essentially a system that helps us navigate triad inversions across the fretboard. Yes playing them as full voicings could be seen as vanilla, but alot of the smaller major/minor voicings you get (especially on the higher register strings) are all over R&B!

@beaubidness6622 Жыл бұрын

Yeah - to ME the CAGED system talks more to soloing - recognize which chord shape you're soloing over, (A shape? E shape?) and the notes that you can move around there. For ME - "where's the root notes next to the notes I'm hitting right now? So I have an anchor from which to get busy doing my thing".

@CrazyCow500 4 жыл бұрын

The CAGED system doesn't really have anything to do with voicings and more to do with mapping out how a specific chord is positioned up and down the neck. It is simply usually illustrated with basic open triad shapes for simplification. If you decided to make all those chords 7th chords, the organization of them would would still run in CAGED order. It is simply stating that a certain guitar specific shape of a voicing for a chord will be followed by another guitar specific shape as you move up the neck. Matter of fact, regardless of what extensions, voicings, or inversion you prefer using, the CAGED system will still serve as a basic map for finding chords up and down the neck. It is not genre specific, it is guitar specific.

@danielwoodcock8684 4 жыл бұрын

@kerry2smooth I think you didn’t represent the CAGED system properly. You played C A G E D As separate cowboy, open chords instead of showing how 1 chord, ie a C chord, could be played anywhere on the neck (using barre chords) using the 5 different shapes to help with different voicing and recognition of where the root is. I generally like your videos but your argument in this one was not supported properly.

@kcorso71 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I was confused watching this. I like his stuff, but this isn't a great video. Cool tip on the V chord though.

@kamarienedwards1757 4 жыл бұрын

kcorso71 it’s not actually a minor9, it’s a major 7 still, search up c major 7 ukulele chord it’s the exact same thing, I know that depending on the chord you can have multiple chords, but think of it like the second string is the root note to create your chord or the G string in this case

@patrickvanvlooten 4 жыл бұрын

@@kamarienedwards1757 The diagram shows Fmaj7/C, but he's playing Fmaj7/G. And - by not using the CAGED system correctly - Kerry is missing out on at least 4 voicings for each of the chords he played.

@kamarienedwards1757 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick van Vlooten yeah, I know that, I was just tryna to fix his mistake about the dm9 chord because Kerry was wrong

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Woodcock I understand

@schinzo19 4 жыл бұрын

Dude I have been watching videos for a week straight trying to get somebody to sum up r&b in a nutshell, theory wise. Thank you! Getting into the genre and love your stuff. So pleasing to the ear. Excited to learn this new sound

@Amandab1234 4 жыл бұрын

Best teacher during this season!! Thanks for the amazing content! Going to check out your website now!

@tendwayibvumburah2184 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing for years and I know this but it’s good to know. I’m going to look into your guitar community. God bless you dude.

@josefpoznicek 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you can’t believe how happy I am right now. This opens up the fretboard for my r&b playing a ton. Love your replacement for the 5, gives the scale a whole other feel.

@daillman863 4 жыл бұрын

Man keep pushing out this quality content i am learning so much from you and my confidence level is rising thank you so much!

@mjamison2802 4 жыл бұрын

Kerry, I truly appreciate you taking the time out to teach what you've learned over the years. I've been playing bass guitar for about 10 years and this is helping me to see that I could possibly learn guitar as well...thank you for your sacrifice and I hope that you don't get discouraged to the point where you stop uploading because of people that aren't your people. You've got your people ✊🏿 and we here. All love big bro!

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jamison awesome

@zootybang 4 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel. I've been playing for close to 30 years, but I never bothered to learn the basics. I chose to be narrow minded and just play straight heavy metal, so I'm an expert at power chords. This stuff your showing me is opening my eyes, and I'm really starting to understand this instrument that I've loved for so long, so thank you.

@waltersmith5829 4 жыл бұрын

The flavor you put in is very much what I love about R&B. Thanks for your channel.

@edwardgrimes9615 2 жыл бұрын

Bro this is dope!! Appreciate you. Just getting started and this makes so much more sense

@trevormarshall6243 4 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful, especially the minor shape for the 5, that's game changing!

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Trevor Marshall good deal

@calebwhisler3535 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a minor 9 or a major 7 voicing depending on the context, I.e where the root is. here it’s actually being used as a major 7, composed of the triad on strings D G B strings (it’s an inversion) and adding the major 7th on the high E string. If you learn caged you would learn this 😉

@ewljr 3 жыл бұрын

Look up diatonic theory

@richardseed1662 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kerry keep up the Great work.my playing has improved tremendously by taking your time and walking through the teaching 👍🏾🙏🏼

@willashsteph 4 жыл бұрын

I've practiced this for a couple of days and this has helped a lot. Thanks! Love your videos and guitar playing

@TheJesseParks 4 жыл бұрын

I will be watching this video multiple times and im heading over to your site also to join the community. Im at a point in my guitar playing where Im learning barre chord licks and hammer ons. I watch your "Before I let You Go" lesson every night. I will try to apply this because I was questioning the CAGED system because I get the concept but I dont want to continue to stagnate myself growth

@michaelbrown3586 4 жыл бұрын

Brother Smooth! Thank you for bringing this vital information to the forefront. I've been playing since the 80s and learned the Harmonized Scale very early. the CAGED System has always been a rigid way of approaching the fret board and doesn't fit when trying to learn modern R&B guitar. I'm learning a lot from you, thank you.

@christopherminor4231 3 жыл бұрын

I'm new at guitar, but I know some chords, you really opened my eyes! Keep teaching, I'm going to keep watching!

@YakDiezel Жыл бұрын

I've been playing for about a year and a few months and i got a lot to learn and you've shown me a lot and thank you. hopefully i can soon afford to sign up because i know this is definitely the direction i want to go in.

@chipchapchamchim 4 жыл бұрын

I love these videos! They’re really helpful, especially coming from a blues/rock background trying to get a more well rounded style. I think they could be a bit longer though, and maybe even more emphasis on theory like this video had.

@shravanburagapu8364 3 жыл бұрын

CAGED system is very essential when you're trying to understand the guitar fretboard and trying to link every note in a particular key. CAGED are not just the chords that are played in open position but, it is a series progressive spread of notes and different positions. It actually opens a lot of options and possibilities. It is just a reference tool that when used properly is a superpower in guitar playing.

@Mulberry2000 2 жыл бұрын

its rubbish is just all barre chords all over which make it very difficult to learn.

@shravanburagapu8364 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mulberry2000 if that's the only way you're able to visualise the fretboard then, you must learn more and be flexible in your learning. CAGED is a very useful concept to trace a pattern, and bear in mind that it is one of the many ways to visualise patterns on the fretboard. In order to be able to play anything you want and gain a sound command on the fretboard you will need to practice and try every concept you can find.

@Mulberry2000 2 жыл бұрын

@@shravanburagapu8364 There are other ways to learn the fret board, ie memorizing the notes etc. That is how I do it and others have done the same. I did not need to memorize the fret board to play what I wanted, that is why I can play lots of songs and chor progressions.

@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard 2 жыл бұрын

@@shravanburagapu8364 No professional ever got to where they are with CAGED. You gotta learn your notes, intervals, chords, etc. This is why other multi-stringed instruments don't do CAGED crap (like violin). It will only get you so far but you're limited by your lack of TRUE comprehension of the instrument which ONLY comes when you actually learn your notes and when you actually learn to sight read standard notation (like actually professionals do).

@MrEcted Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard There are a SHITLOAD of amazing professionals who don't site read music and never learned. You don't need to learn music notation to become really good, in the same way that someone who is illiterate is still fully capable of telling a good story.

@ericstevenson5841 4 жыл бұрын

Hey kerry 2 smooth,I've been chasing the pentatonic scale for twelve months,you my friend have made more sense in twenty minutes Thankyou x

@sundaynightcoffee 2 жыл бұрын

Solid lesson into those 7 chords, just finished learning CAGED and how all the scales fit into it. Now going into this, it makes tons more sense 🔓

@demofactory 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kerry. Great tutorial. very clear explanations. Thanks for sharing!!!!!

@renoman_ 4 жыл бұрын

Barre chords are the caged system

@renoman_ 4 жыл бұрын

I think he may be misinformed as to what the CAGED system is and all that it offers.

@kurtistodd 4 жыл бұрын

Actually the caged system is based on the open chords as shown in this video. You can play these chords also by barring up and down the fretboard but they are based on open G etc..

@renoman_ 4 жыл бұрын

Kurtis Ackenhausen right ! Which I’s what he’s playing

@dandrews2850 4 жыл бұрын

You guys should learn what the caged system is..smh

@renoman_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@dandrews2850 meaning what ?? elaborate please

@demarcusrashad1765 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, I appreciate your approach to learning this style of guitar. Although for some Ive heard the caged system may help them navigate the fretboard, I feel for me, the number system along with the rnb chord voicings you've shown us has been most helpful for me learning to unlock the fretboard. & that progression you used as an example is 🔥 . Thanks for sharing 💯

@charliesullivan1886 2 жыл бұрын

Kerry i love those chords and yes i do like your teachings. keep up the good work my brother.appreciate you.

@rico1dennie704 4 жыл бұрын

Man you got a fantastic Vibe my Brother.. God Bless you and prosper your R&B Techniques.

@gian323 3 жыл бұрын

Beginner here. I'm learning the pentatonic shapes and heeding the advice on your beginner video on learning the notes on the first two strings. I'm working on my ear and playing within a minor scale. Thank you for all your work!

@Sleepymic_ 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge brother, I always learn so much from you 🙏🏽

@Wicjones 2 жыл бұрын

This came right on time fr! Your page is fr a gem! 🙌🏽🔥

@MrPj4718 4 жыл бұрын

I've been watching your stuff since 2009 You're style teaching has improved so much over the years.

@marcaoliver2965 4 жыл бұрын

This was the most helpful video I’ve watched to help understanding how you wanna approach progressions

@haydengallagher3318 3 жыл бұрын

Such a helpful video! Really appreciate the wisdom

@calvinhelms1188 3 жыл бұрын

Really learn from the lesson you provide.Your lessons are very well explained.......🙏

@MrRed-bk9xn 4 жыл бұрын

I like this concept. Alternatives to using the CAGED for R&B. One more video like this please.

@Larrymh07 4 жыл бұрын

I like this lesson, though I do use CAGED. A lot of my CAGED application is done by using the upper triads of chords and modifying them accordingly. I love the substitution tip!

@mikec2582 2 жыл бұрын

Love this. I always thought I would never be any good at R&B because I was born on the country side of town. But you've given me hope for the music I love. Thank you bro.

@Kerry2smooth 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome...keep going!

@dezaparizio 4 жыл бұрын

Kerry , saw a golf teaching pro comment on your teaching abilities and as a tennis teaching pro and long time guitar player I wanted to second his compliment on your teaching ability which as a teacher I also quickly recognized ,as informative to the point and appreciate the effort on the diagram window which is very helpful and an ease of following your lesson , keep up the great work !!

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Aparicio thank you.

@sammuniz5360 4 жыл бұрын

Nice presentation. Rhythm playing is super important. I'm sure you know this but it's worth mentioning, Hendrix was was an amazing rhythm player rooted in the the very same things you're teaching. Love it!

@Jorary209 3 жыл бұрын

I've never actually learned any music theory and I just played what sounded good or right. Like stuff that added depth, articulation or flavor to my playing. After playing on and off, gathering info over the years, it kind of just fell into place. Thank you for making these videos and helping us!

@jmo1366 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. What an awesome way to get a grasp on your theory!

@vocalinkproduction 4 жыл бұрын

Our new go-to channel. Thanks man.

@bradallen5571 4 жыл бұрын

I like the approach of this teaching. I see value in the CAGED system in that it opens up the interconnectivity of the fretboard in a "learn every note" kind of way. I think what you're teaching works well with that in that takes the plain vanilla of the former and adds the "now lets make some music out of all this theory" mindset. Again, very cool.

@daveclucas1973 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! You just further opened up the neck for me in five minutes! This is good stuff (though I think it can’t hurt to *also* utilize CAGED). I wish I’d seen this video twenty years ago!

@Wes2578 4 жыл бұрын

I would see this as a good start to learning the caged system if I'm honest. The E and A shaped barre chords are a good start point but then why not learn the rest of the shapes across the neck? Once you know the shapes and intervals there's nothing but practice stopping you from making 7ths/9ths/11ths etc across all the caged system

@max_johns_ 4 жыл бұрын

yo this is so helpful, can’t wait to get home from practice to just learn this, keep it up man

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

MaXtheKiD good deal

@MrEwanc 4 жыл бұрын

I get this video, and this is why I’m attracted to what you’re doing because I’m trying to learn to play jazz as a soloist, but I want to blend it with R&B chordal approaches, retaining a jazzy feel but with a more contemporary vibe that moves on from jazz... I just want to create beauty on the electric guitar.

@davidketz6272 3 жыл бұрын

I learned about the CAGED system long after I had learned my major and minor scales and barre chords. I, too, thought it was rather limiting. Once I began learning triads, the CAGED system revealed itself because I could see the chord shapes through the triads. Love your tutorials, by the way.

@geelock01able 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, I dont usually comment but this is one of the best nuggets of information on KZfaq, for r&b guitar, you made it really simple this is helpful. Love your content great channel. Keep it up!!

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel lockley thank you.

@user-wv4xc1us6u 3 жыл бұрын

My man, easy to follow, so beneficial, thanks

@caselldavis3731 4 жыл бұрын

You are shining a bright light for me, adding that flavor changes up my whole sound...

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Casell Davis good deal.

@koleblack8139 4 жыл бұрын

Bro. I'm always tuning in. Great stuff

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Kole Black good deal.

@NyneForte 4 жыл бұрын

All that barre chords are in the caged system. I did not learn the cage system myself, i learned barre chords exactly how you are talking about them. It wasnt until a few years later that i realized they are just the barre chords on open strings. The caged system shapes doesnt stop at open strings it literally is them moved everywhere. Its just a different in mindset. Also maj7 min7 sus chords and diminished every chord is in the caged system too. It all depends on your mindset and teacher.

@slowestjam7505 4 жыл бұрын

This is so good. Thanks for the video

@peter-kriska 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff man, helped me a lot 💪🏻

@samuelegazzani3804 2 жыл бұрын

The fact you used a Dmin9 instead of G7 was really my topic moment in this video!!... Thanks !(by the way this also clears a question I had from a cord progression you teach in the Kamp) .thanks again 🙏

@gregpride4549 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! I’ve been messing around with the guitar for a couple of years, but I still consider myself a beginner and I love barre chords. They are much easier for me to play and they sound great!

@acousticknights9654 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely look at the CAGED system. Ironically, it's entirely about using barre chords to find different voicings of the same chord clear across the neck. He's using small portion of it, and doesn't realize it...but we're all there with something periodically in our musical journey, so I can't blame the guy. If you want a more bluesy or R&B style, stick to 7ths and 9 forms like he does...but do it while you apply the CAGED system for complete fret mastery. It's not as hard as it looks at first, helps unlock the fret board, and helps identify root notes

@MrSweetpoeticjustice 3 жыл бұрын

Dude !! Ppl don't understand how valuable this kind of information is wow *THANK YOU*

@GodblessOsei 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way you teach... Hoping to play as you do.. Someday

@aparis82 4 жыл бұрын

KERRY!! You just unlocked this for me ! 🙏🏾

@martymooney8099 4 жыл бұрын

Just have found your channel nice work my friend... excellent approach for teaching these beautiful voicings... inversions next would be great.... again great video

@mic19T 4 жыл бұрын

Really helpful! I was having trouble finding my way with 7 chords in terms of the patterns following the notes in the major scale. ✌

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Surfboard Jerry good deal

@dezaparizio 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great lesson , your teaching skills are amazing thank you I learned a lot I'm going to your website for sure

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Aparicio you’re welcome

@illClintonDuval 4 жыл бұрын

I usually like his vids but I don’t think he knows what the CAGED system actually is

@drjay927 2 жыл бұрын

Well apparently you don't need to if you play like him

@jessenelson9918 2 жыл бұрын

Love the way you explain everything thanks

@kyledavidson9264 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this man! Appreciate it ×10

@kyongonzalezromero6638 4 жыл бұрын

i'm new to guitar and all i have is an acoustic guitar rn but this video really helped me to understand the number system better! thank you so much :')

@toreydavis1471 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for this beautiful knowledge i’ve been needing

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Torey Davis you’re welcome.

@neildavidvandenbergh5422 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, thank you! I know theory is important, but I'm more of a Feel guy, and therefore would prefer the simplest route to achieve those voicings. That's exactly what you did, thanks!

@edwardv4546 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the V minor shape idea. I knew it worked sonically but I wasn’t sure if it was the proper way to do things. Thank you

@grievouserror 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a video I'm glad I watched. I'm as rank a beginner as 'rank' can get and I've seen a LOT of videos to get some guidance on my quest for competence. A huge number of them emphasize and extoll the CAGED system, but not quite all. Maddeningly, one presenter made the offhand comment "... if you use the CAGED system, although I hope you don't" without mentioning why. While I seem to grasp barre chords well enough and the concept behind CAGED to some extent, the actual utility of it is still elusive. Having another perspective on the topic, as well as alternative approaches is profoundly helpful. I think it's also helpful that you didn't edit out mistakes. It's a reminder that even really good players aren't always perfect. :-)

@franksupercoolchristian3499 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Mr Kerry, those are the sounds/styles that I

@maduroholdings 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting I’ve been playing a while never really got to advanced level but this idea sparked something I tend to move vertically but moving accross horizontally makes sense makes sense

@HristoVelev 4 жыл бұрын

Nice lessons and sound, thanks!

@acoustikblues5044 4 жыл бұрын

Nice and very knowledgeable vid. Can you post more vid trying to unlock the fret board

@jambajoby32 4 жыл бұрын

K2S I appreciate how you call it flavor! I do see making music like a dish The quality of ingredients help determine the end result

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

jambajoby32 indeed

@raymondmorton 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I need to learn those chord shapes.

@MrEwanc 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve spent pretty much my entire time playing guitar learning how to solo effectively (blues, rock some jazz). I’ve learned a lot of scale/modes, but I want to learn more about chords. I have always been told that the CAGED system is a form of learning how to find your way around the fretboard more easily and effectively as a guitar soloist, didn’t know that it was about chords too.

@MrRed-bk9xn 4 жыл бұрын

I am a member of Kerry’s camp. I need some drills to get my pinky finger into the mix. Exercise drills. Ty

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

Send a note to Support or Complete the form, Suggestions for Lessons on the site.

@francisbawasanta6310 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I saw this 3 years ago lol. I was learning via caged and frustrated from not hearing the tones I liked. Ended up just learning particular songs to hear what I liked but never understood why... This made so much more sense.

@morinstudiopops 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic this sound good ,exactly watt y need to now ,my lucky day thank you very much FP

@johnhendricks8140 2 жыл бұрын

Love how you break down the number system.

@nickschuller9861 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson! Thanks!

@nwablackdeff2553 3 жыл бұрын

I’m new to guitar. 6 weeks or so. I enjoy your videos. You helped me realize rnb guitar is what I loath want to play. Unfortunately, a lot of what you say goes over my head. I’ll check your website to see if some things come together.

@jasonblack460 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson to keep things open and free on the fretboard instead of caged in. I think it’s an interesting way to look at things but think caged is ok for other styles. Like your way better and will incorporate it more. Really dig that groove too! 👍🏻

@gelatosamurai 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kerry, I can dig it!

@djt_gtr5300 4 жыл бұрын

Love this. All the passing chords in the end

@Petes4G 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all knowledge and wisdom! Dm9 is a game changer!

@isaiahwarren7846 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative really broke it down thanks

@austinhunter6554 4 жыл бұрын

I think this is the most beginner friendly lesson you came out with on such a difficult style of music.

@elfhermie 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that's only the VERY basic concept of the CAGED system. CAGED is simply a way of "seeing" and navigating along the fretboard. Like the old saying about kids, those big open CAGED chords are to be SEEN (they're a map) but rarely to be heard, lol. They are NOT to be played in their entirety like that. They show you different ways of playing the same chord in different areas so you have more options. And then each of those areas can be changed and rearranged into the chord voicings you used above, but they began life as a CAGED shape chord. CAGED is to be used as an invisible map where you can pick an area to vacation in but then you can choose to turn down all kinds of different roads: double stops, triads, other chord voicings, scales, licks, solos. You can drive up or down to different letters in CAGED super easily to explore all kinds of new tourist stops. The CAGED shapes are like big dart boards that you see but then you aim for smaller areas on that dartboard as far as what you want to play to get certain score points across or to hit a big bullseye. You'll find a variety of scale patterns that live in the area of each CAGED letter and how they flow up and down into other areas of the fingerboard so you never get lost. You'll find all the chords you need in one limited area if you want to relax in one spot for a while. But you can also slide into other areas at will. And you'll find that you can turn those big chords into other voicings (including all the R&B chords) by doing nothing more than simply rearranging your fingers slightly. It's really a misunderstood concept that I see a lot of R&B players dismiss because they seem to have only been introduced to the very bare bones BIG OPEN CHORDS basic concept of it. The big open letter chords concept is only the starting line and not the finish line. But then again, there are all kinds of ways to look at this thing we call guitar. Once I found CAGED, the light bulb lit up like never before. I used to play songs and never knew why the chords in the song were chosen. But after learning CAGED, it all made perfect sense. Still, the concept you presented above looks like another very valuable tool to help navigate and make sense of the guitar. Just because I love CAGED doesn't mean I can't love the above video, too, and can learn from it. So peace and thanks! : )

@Kerry2smooth 4 жыл бұрын

elfhermie I appreciate you’re feedback

@elfhermie 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kerry2smooth And I appreciate your lessons and all the help you provide to keep R&B alive! Thanks again, my good man!

@warrenlblanchette 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video i always watch an listen to you at a 100 percent because you are a bad boy!!!!!!!

@FuturoAnacronico 2 жыл бұрын

thank you, I loved the lesson.

@dr.rockproductions191 4 жыл бұрын

Hey K2S, I was told, because I didn't understand the CAGED system, I'm not really a guitar player. However, when I explained that I have classical guitar experience, and I understood the circle of 4ths and 5ths he changed his attitude. That is why watching your videos are very helpful...

@BrothaManFromDa5thFl 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Kerry! Your advice to use a minor 9 chord instead of a major for the V chord is really going to open things up for me. Thanks!!

@ZDawg.Official 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely my preferred way to play.. Bars make more sense & you can have fun with the pinky with the hammer ons

@mymusiqmixx 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate how simple you make learning to Guitar. I am a beginner trying to find a good system that will work for me as a singer songwriter. Even though I am 58 years old I really need to get this. I have so many songs I need to put music to. I’ve been flipping around the Internet trying to find a way to learn better and faster for three years now. Please help me to stay with something that I can really get this guitar playing down.