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Electric Pathway III

Unravel The Mystery of CAGED

A structured approach for INTERMEDIATE guitar players.

With a focus on Electric guitar rhythm and chord playing.

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* One-time purchase grants permanent access to the following courses:

Jimi Hendrix (Player Study)
Electric Guitar Level 4
Electric Guitar Level 5
John Frusciante (Player Study)
Triads
Everything Is CAGED
Triad Construction

Total value of individual courses: $215.93

What you'll be learning

  • Welcome to this Level 3 Electric guitar pathway! 🎉😃

    In this pathway our main focus is the CAGED system. I'm sure you've heard of it, and if you haven't, get ready to revolutionise the way you see the fretboard! We start by introducing the system, covering the main shapes and theory behind it. As we move on through the course we continue to expand on the basics of the system, building it into the very fabric of your everyday playing.

    Along the journey we'll also cover triads, a range of amazing songs to practice this system, we'll look at the wonderful John Frusciante and in our final course we even tackle a bit of Jimi Hendrix… Epic!

    I'm excited for you to be able to study all of this incredible content, and your view of the fretboard will completely shift over the course of this pathway. I'll be guiding you through each step, so when you're ready, grab your guitar and let's get started!

    Dan Holton

    Dan Holton

    Chief Coach

    Before you begin

    This pathway is an intermediate chords and rhythm pathway, and therefore you need to have a good base to build upon. You need to be very confident with barre chords, powerchords, open chords and have both a 16th note and 8th note rhythm understanding. We'll also be using all 5 pentatonic shapes. Here are a few courses to brush up on before we get started.

    Barre Chords

    Challenges

    Barre Chords

    Lead Guitar Level 3

    Guitar Skills

    Lead Guitar Level 3

    Rhythm Level 1

    Challenges

    Rhythm Level 1

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    Electric Guitar

    Level 4: Learn The CAGED system

    We're going to kick off this wonderful pathway with an essential course on CAGED chords. We'll quickly recap the barre shapes, then dive into the major and minor CAGED system, offering you some great tracks to learn alongside the shapes each time. This is a crucial course and sets us up for the whole pathway, so enjoy it!

    21 lesson course

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    Everything is CAGED

    Levelling up your CAGED work!

    You now know the CAGED system, and can play through the 10 shapes (or at least you're working on that!). Next up I want to break that down a little further for you into something more creative, which is the true magic of the CAGED system. This will give you an even deeper understanding of the shapes and how we can use them day to day.

    5 lesson course

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    Guitar Gym

    Improve your technique

    This is a great point to get some Guitar Gym exercises into your daily practice, and we have two awesome CAGED system exercises for you. Use these to ensure those chord shapes are getting an epic amount of repetition and practice! They are not designed to be easy exercises, they are designed to push you, so take your time with them and try to do them at least a few times a week.

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    Songs

    Apply your new skills

    When taken at face value, these are relatively simply open chord / barre chord songs. I challenge you to try and play the songs using your new CAGED system skills. When you see an A major, don't go to your basic barre chords or open shapes, get creative and try to use the other CAGED shapes! This is your song work now!

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    Triad Construction

    How to build chords

    CAGED and triads go hand in hand. It's therefore important to establish the underlying theory, so that as we dive deeper into the CAGED shapes, you are on board with the concept as well as the mechanics of the playing. Enjoy my lab coat skills too!

    5 lesson course

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    Triads

    Triad theory and application

    Now that you have a handle on Triad theory you're ready to tackle Dion's wonderful Triads course, where we'll explore how we can play smaller voicings of these shapes to create something more musical and deliberate. This harks back to similar ideas covered in "Everything Is CAGED" but now in more depth. Good luck!

    5 lesson course

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    Guitar Gym

    Improve your technique

    Now is a great time to get some Guitar Gym exercises set up for the triads! These little shapes will take time to sink in, and there is no better way than with these kind of exercises. Add this to your regular warm ups and you'll have those triads nailed in no time!

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    John Frusciante

    Red Hot guitar playing!

    I'm excited to say we've got to the first player study for the pathway, and this is a big one! The incredible John Frusciante is a master of the CAGED system, and in this study Dion explores his style in great depth. We tackle his CAGED skills, fills and licks, lead parts and even more importantly, his epic rhythm skills. You will love this study, and it will give you some real context for all of that CAGED work. Enjoy!

    20 lesson course

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    Guitar Gym

    Improve your technique

    Just before we tackle some classic RHCP tunes to support your John Frusciante learning, let's get that chunky strumming in a gym practice session. This style will be crucial in the future as you develop more and more rhythm skills, and this exercise will help hugely! Get it into your regular warm ups!

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    Songs

    Apply your new skills

    We now have two classic Frusciante tunes for you to sink your teeth into. Both use the CAGED system beautifully, and both offer slightly different challenges. I would suggest trying to work through both songs here before moving on. Good luck!

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    Electric Guitar

    Level 5: Chords and lead combined!

    We're now ready to challenge one of the trickiest courses on the site. This is a real advancement in CAGED, as its focus is now on joining the CAGED shapes with pentatonic shapes. We've done some of that work with the John Frusciante course, but now we'll dive in completely. If you don't know the 5 pentatonic shapes yet, this may prove a little too tricky, so go back and learn those first! Assuming you know them, however, you can grab your guitar and get started! Good luck!

    22 lesson course

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    Songs

    Apply your new skills

    A massive congrats for getting through the previous course, you've done brilliantly! Now we have a couple of classic songs for you, one Hendrix and one Mayer, to help you apply the concepts worked on in the previous course. I would suggest learning both songs before moving on, as these concepts need real time and application to sink in more and more! Good luck.

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    Jimi Hendrix

    Play like the Greatest Of All Time!

    It's time for the finale of this epic pathway, and we couldn't end anywhere else! It's time to apply your CAGED skills, alongside any lead you have previously learnt, to the undisputed guitar GOAT! You have all the skills you need to enjoy this course, but it is challenging, so be sure to give yourself a lot of time and space as you work through it. Enjoy!

    25 lesson course

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  • Complete pathway
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    Congratulations on completing this CAGED pathway! Understanding CAGED is a huge milestone for any guitar player and truly paves the way for unlocking the fretboard. At this point you have two options for your next steps…

    To become a really well rounded player I recommend the Complete Fretboard Fluidity 🤩 [Lead Pathway 3] pathway. You're now up to a really high level with your rhythm and chord skills - it's time to get your lead skills to match!

    If you want to dive into acoustic playing, you have that option as well, and I would suggest The Fantastic Fingerstyle Quest 👌 [Acoustic Pathway 2] be a great place to start!

    What is important is that you take a range of your favourite songs from the pathway, and practice them regularly, to ensure that those rhythm and chord skills are continuously improving along the way. When they become too easy, let them go! There will be plenty more taking there place along the way. See you in the next pathway!

    Dan Holton

    Dan Holton

    Chief Coach

Complete pathway
to unlock

Outro Video Thumbnail

Congratulations on completing this CAGED pathway! Understanding CAGED is a huge milestone for any guitar player and truly paves the way for unlocking the fretboard. At this point you have two options for your next steps…

To become a really well rounded player I recommend the Complete Fretboard Fluidity 🤩 [Lead Pathway 3] pathway. You're now up to a really high level with your rhythm and chord skills - it's time to get your lead skills to match!

If you want to dive into acoustic playing, you have that option as well, and I would suggest The Fantastic Fingerstyle Quest 👌 [Acoustic Pathway 2] be a great place to start!

What is important is that you take a range of your favourite songs from the pathway, and practice them regularly, to ensure that those rhythm and chord skills are continuously improving along the way. When they become too easy, let them go! There will be plenty more taking there place along the way. See you in the next pathway!

Dan Holton

Dan Holton

Chief Coach

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