How To Practice CAGED

[@coleybrown178]

2:30 this quote is very similar to what my karate teacher used to say. Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong!

[@shaunlipsey6574]

I am one of those late in life guitar learners. Needless to say, I have struggled in a lot of ways. After watching one of EH's videos and it making sense, I started the Truefire caged course. It wasn't what I expected. CAGED? Not just about the chord shapes. Who knew? I am 5 lessons in rn. I feel like I made a significant breakthrough just from those 5. It may be the way it's all presented idk. I think the way context is established is key. I practiced what I learned from the videos and for the first time I felt like it was actually going to happen, being a guitar player, I mean. I know that sounds like an ad. It ain't. Thanks EH. Looking forward to more.

[@wagonet]

good advice. I did triads first and it made my life more difficult as i couldn't visualize the entire shape. Had to re-lear and start again with caged, now it all makes sense. This guy speaks the truth and is great advice. .

[@cAnthonyL]

Eric is a world class teacher and an incredible player.

[@jamesalley7387]

This is exactly what I’ve been doing, so this lesson is a great reassurance. The crazy, perhaps intimidating to some, thing about all of this is that it puts you on a long path, years of work. It’s a great example of how one tidbit of information can be enough to fuel months or even years of guitar development.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yes! One little thing that changes EVERYTHING!

[@Hexonip]

Best part of Friday is Mr. Haugen uploading -- cheers & eat pizza!

[@matsherwood6277]

I love with the g chord shape how you said to choose a side. What an excellent tip.

[@tonyjones1560]

I REALLY like the idea of breaking the CAGED shapes into three string patterns. I've carpal tunnel in both hands, there's no way I can play the full shapes without pain. But CAGED, to me, is very important. And his video is GREAT. Thank you!

[@NickJardine]

I find a good way to decide chord shapes is pick the spot on the neck you want to be in, find the root note and use this cheat sheet for the corresponding shape: C - roots on b and a A - roots on a and g G - roots on e’s & g E - roots on e’s & d D - roots on d & b

[@danielpenberthy3373]

Life is busy as, but I always make sure the first thing I do on a Saturday morning is get my guitar out and I love that it always coincides with a new vid from you. Love what you do Eric!

[@samquezada8453]

Thanska lot Eric for your lessons! Ive been learning guitar for like 15 years, and trying to get scales, arpegios, triads, etc. all separate from one another and here you come with this simple explanation and suddenly mi interest in guitar is high again

[@DDLazlo]

I rarely finish one of your videos in one setting. I'm always moved to get up and play! That in itself makes you important to me.

[@Qdobafett]

That guitar is just perfect. Always loved that shape and the tone is amazing. Also this guy really understands his stuff. I’ve seen more helpful stuff here than anywhere else.

[@richprincipe749]

I really like Eric's style of explaining things... So much patience and very chill... Great videos

[@teddlister3350]

The statement at 5:05 to 5:15 is the truth! I have gone down this road a few years and now feel confident I am on the right path and my ear is being trained in the process. Isolated knowledge has limited use. Caged is the foundation!

[@peterlenardon46]

I’ll chime in with the others and say how much your CAGED course helped me, but I still find myself noodling on it more than I would like. This is a better use of time to explore with the songs I know.

[@Aaronius_Maximus]

Your videos and overall lessons have gradually gotten a lot better. Super happy to see your channel thriving, all the best to you Eric!

[@stephenowen5229]

Your TrueFire course on CAGED has been an immense help. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@boomerdell]

Agreed! Eric's TrueFire courses are great.

[@planetside11]

I agree totally. I understand CAGED’s power now.

[@garys1092]

Eric, this is my 2nd vid lesson I've watched, the first was the Taxi theme and demonstrating CAGED w Maj, Min, and Blues scales. I really enjoyed the ear-interval scale practice in that video as well. What I like the most in these videos is your song selections, they are excellent choices to practice melody with rhythm and training the ear. Btw, one of my All time favorite TV Theme songs is the Barney Miller Show. Thank you for the tips.

[@davidhallowell3457]

Great points. As you mentioned, each caged shape contains two and three string arpeggios and triads…and *that* shows you how the b string tuning complicates the guitar…ie the same triad will have multiple shapes as it moves across the neck. By seeing those variations as little c shapes, g shapes, d shapes, etc you have a powerful and familiar catalogue. Said another way, caged is less about playing whole chords up and down the neck, and much more about seeing the mini caged shapes connecting in few-string clusters nearby across the neck.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yes!

[@karlschmied6218]

Thanks Eric! Your lessons are outstanding because you are one of the few who offer solutions to the central problem of how to learn to play effortlessly (without "thinking" or calculating).

[@fedea5777]

Hey, it's undeniable that Eric was specially on a good mood day, it really transversed the screen. there was also good content, but who cares about content if youre having such a good time.

[@AriaMehr648]

Your GuitarZen series really solved some of my fundamental problems. A huge thanks from Iran. ❤

[@kingbryn1692]

Fantastic. As a guy that’s beginning to venture into CAGED and triads this video and the way you describe and play it was awesome. Thanks! Subscribed!

[@Nonsense116]

I didn't know I would be able to find another great guitar channel I learn as much from, as I do from Paul Davids. Yet here we are! Thank you for the great content!

[@planetside11]

After taking your courses on TrueFire, I truly enjoy the guitar again. I understand it so much better than I ever did before.

[@userer4579]

Excellent lesson in applying the fundamental knowledge of CAGED to make it musical.

[@aaronkessman7832]

Great words of wisdom about tempo and feel and performance adrenaline at around 19:40

[@makeitcount179]

Thanks Eric. Your explanation in colloquial prose is Relatable. And just moving and thinking and showing...opens up a number of opportunities to fit our style. That's gold. The pace you set, combined with your talk and chord box inclusions...very good. Your instruction is a good good find. Gotta get better in a little while.

[@amireliakim]

I learned the CAGED system from you at TrueFire. i've been playing guitar for over 25 years, and you have no idea how much that helped me. Thank You! keep it up!

[@MitchellFrew]

Thanks brother! I'm loving your stuff - sits nicely with what my in-the-flesh teacher is giving me. Cheers from New Zealand - Mitch

[@SOD9627]

awesome man, ive been playing guitar daily for nearly 20 years and never really could translate what I know in my brain to what I feel with my hands. Watching this video gave me the biggest leap in that direction that any video ever has. Thank you and well done.

[@SOD9627]

especially that sneaky Eb ting xD

[@tonyfdesign]

These “you’ve learned CAGED, now what” lessons are so great. Nice work.

[@MOAB-UT]

Great lesson. I am learning caged now. I mapped it out for both Major and Minor. I reference each shape with one of the pentatonic patterns. I use the same numbers, but find my Major pattern a few frets down (left.) It was tricky at first. They call the familiar shape 2, shape 1 in the major. I suppose technically it is, in major but that was throwing me off. For me, I call that 1-4, 1-3, 1-3. 1-3, 1-4, 1-4...shape 1. For Major and caged, they refer to it as shape 5. To your point about chords, I bought this amazing book that I am working through. It is called Being able to find these 3 note inversions in addition to getting fluid with Caged is something I need to get down. I wish I could play as smoothly as you do. Cheers!

[@KyleEngen1]

Every time you make my friday a little better than it would have been. Thank you.

[@kin4351]

I don’t expect to dance in my chair when watching guitar tutorials but I’m very glad to watch one where I have to!

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

This was an absolutely great lesson Eric. I loved it from end to end. I love your personable style. I've been really focusing on CAGED and Triads for the last year or so. This really great.

[@MaBaKar]

Real knowledge. Real teaching. Real good! Thanks Eric.

[@tc6485]

I think this is the best explanation of the CAGED system I have ever heard. Also mentions 'by ear' and knowing what you will hear. Thank you sir. PS, never dis the Firebird!

[@lnhislmage]

Just coming onboard. Like what I’m seeing and hearing. I think this is exactly where I need to be . Thanks for doing more than just showing me how to play a song!

[@KnownBeing]

Another great Haugenizing. We met for a lesson last week, and this video is well -timed for me as your encouraged me to continue working on CAGED.

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

That guitar tone is *heavenly*

[@anagre_studio]

Real Teacher, it's just like a friend... Love it

[@JohnGauge790]

Good voice leading just sounds more pleasing to the ear and is the staple of most great songs. CAGED will get you there.

[@dananthony6258]

That’s one of those guitars that I love watching other people play but would probably never play if I owned one. Sounds very warm.

[@diderkamal1]

What guitar is it?

[@dananthony6258]

@@diderkamal1 it’s actually a Gibson thunderbird 6 string. The shape was more popular with bass players. I think they came out in the late 60’s but could be wrong.

[@dananthony6258]

It was introduced 1963 . I just looked it up. I’ve got guitar ocd or something, lol. I had to know for myself after your initial question.

[@benreeve-lewis7339]

My god. I've been dicking around with CAGED in the past few months. Understood the shapes but wondered where to take it. I was getting confused because I could see triads in there as well and scales/arpeggios overlaid as this clip shows but the idea of learning a song then "Caging it" as it were is a real breakthrough. Getting the familiar motivation feeling of breaking out of a rut

[@vinnyvortex8076]

I've just started getting my head around the caged system recently and your video really opened things up for me. I like the idea of jamming in different areas of the fret board with the same chord progressions to get the different tones and riffs. Thanks man.

[@BackstageMusicChannel]

Dude, thank you....great vid. I love practicing by finding songs that 'require' a capo and playing without one. This lesson just locked everything in for me. I'm a new fan and will be spending some time on other vids of yours. Cheers 🎸👈

[@craigbrown9987]

I've started learning the caged system last month, after years of mucking around with the guitar and getting nowhere, and it's already pushed my playing level up. It takes time, can be hard on the hand initially, and it felt a bit like re-starting playing guitar, but every lesson just opens a new aspect to the fret board.

[@voronOsphere]

I learned my in-key triads, scales, in-key chords etc. decades ago. I never messed with CAGED and thought it was just some way for chord guys to play in key with out having to learn scales, because chord guys seem to hate scales so much. Just yesterday, I learned that CAGED covers just one chord at a time! So one key needs at least 3 different CAGED systems! I think. So, I'm totally learning this backwards! Great lesson! I think I can maybe do this!

[@dylanirt3905]

I love how cocky but informative you can be. So direct. Subbed. :)

[@michaelboothpalmer7516]

Eric is most certainly the most intuitive and simplistic guitar teacher out there. Especially if you are having trouble pulling all the pieces of theory and technique you know together. Take his advice and "slow down you move to fast". It is all there under your fingers.

[@eljefehuevon54]

Not sure I’d call him simplistic.

[@Cvweare]

You're a stellar teacher my friend.

[@maxwellclark2345]

Excellent supplemental video for the Truefire course. I'll have to go back and brush up on that. Thanks and have a great day!

[@garrickpridemore413]

Dude, I just found exactly what I need in my guitar advancement. Im glad I ran across you and your channel

[@CalvinLimSH-ld5le]

Thanks for sharing how you play CAGED triad chord shapes - F Bbm Eb Db improvisation in your guitar soloing techniques. When playing in front of crowds they preferred to see you playing all over the guitar fretboard - this is my personal opinion which shapes to choose.

[@noodlemans]

“A stupid amount of patience and tenacity” - that accurately sums up my entire lifetime drive to learn this instrument.

[@dvolpatto]

The dude is amazing! Great to watch just for the guitar tone, but the teaching approach is really good as well! Thanks for the recommendation, KZbin!!

[@hunterhill8921]

Ive never completely grasped the CAGED system until now. Ive been playing for over a decade but things kind of got sidelined when I went to college on classical double bass. This is a fantastic toutorial that Im going to be coming back to again and again because you just explain it in a way that is simple enough for me to understand without needing to ask you a question personally (since its a video and not a physical lesson). Very well done and thank you sir.

[@rilynedgcomb9923]

Been getting more into caged idea’s lately so this is good timing

[@tregun7]

Intuitively, what I always knew but thought was cheating and taking the easy way out. The best YT guitar lesson ever!👍🏼 I'm now a subscriber.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Smart man !

[@acidvideothomas8383]

right after finishing your Zen: CAGED course i found this video. Really nice extra bonus lesson!❤

[@riku4441]

Hey Eric, thanks for enlightening the CAGED system and the benefit of it, I never saw the benefit before this video. Time to extend my dexterity

[@RiqiHarawira]

This is fantastic Eric, thanks for the knowledge, Ill start applying immediately.

[@57RickH]

Cool lesson, and great song choice 👍🏻 Btw, guitar on original recording was played by Eddie Willis (Funk Bros)

[@Oklatucky_Guitarman]

Eric, this was another brilliant lesson. I know I always feel better if I can confidently play the melody on the guitar as it usually unlocks a lot of stuff when I continue to poke at it. 😊

[@ducky3375]

Great content Eric, I really enjoyed our lesson the other week. I definitely recommend this to anyone looking to improve their craft.

[@nathantardrew7068]

Application is everything. The number of guys I see out playing in jams or in bands that know all the stuff but can't use it fluently... It seems the difference between 'intermediate' guys who don't know why they are struggling and the stronger players is all the time spent milking the basics for everything they got; a process that doesn't have an end ideally. Learning how to learn stuff is a game changer. Well that and a fat pocket...

[@rustwa]

Thanks for walking us through a straight forward and immersing use of the caged system. That's a great looking guitar too!

[@lasthyena]

Came for the firebird, stayed for the lesson. Great explanation and excited to rip apart every song I know and give this a go!

[@Saladzingers]

Great overview. You just don’t need to strum a full 6 strings on an electric; that’s what acoustic guitars are for. It is soooo much easier when you realise - wait, I can play rhythm on 3 notes at a time. Also, have you ever read anything about Michael Polanyi? I think you’d dig it. Philosophical theory of knowing stuff - the fancy term is subsidiary focal integration. But it basically means that To Know isn’t just (as you say) acquiring new info, it’s using little things in the foreground to “see past” them at a bigger, as-yet-hidden focus that integrates all those little hints and clues and then kind of becomes embodied.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

oooh I like that!

[@mstao63]

Good lesson. Not flashy but practical and realistic. Good job!

[@ashthegreat1]

You are my go-to human being for all things guitar-thought.

[@abrigospardos]

I have no idea who Adam Grant is (but then again I'm not American, Canadian, Australian or British) but it doesn't matter. I really enjoy your down-to-earth approach to teaching!

[@paulocorreia9608]

Man oh man, what a great lesson, thank you, keep up the awesome work Eric!

[@SummitGuitarSchool]

Gorgeous guitar man! Great playing and a great lesson as always.

[@FingersOnAFretboard]

Solo reminds me of something James Burton would do on an Elvis R&B cover with that vibe

[@douglaschristine8387]

Hi Eric, really enjoyed this lesson and had a couple lightbulb moments, thanks. One of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs too.

[@AmericasChoice]

Betts and Rossington heavily relied on the Caged system. Garcia, too. It works if you invert the chords, and use substitutions, otherwise it gets pretty dry. You have to really experiment with this system.

[@BLazLessons]

I'm not a fan of CAGED per se, but I agree 100% with what you are saying: everything you learn, play it all over the neck.

[@alvaroaguerre1816]

Eric, I love the laidback manner in which you explain things. Thank you tor this video. I subscribed brother. 👍

[@jamieb7799]

I’ve never seen your channel before but the algorithm decided to introduce you. As it happens that was the lesson I needed Thank you 🙏 Funny enough it’s Friday and I have had leftover pizza today. Serendipity I guess 👍 New subscriber now 😀

[@DeFiSiYT]

Nice one Eric! You’re always delivering the goods! I was thinking during the video how killer your tone is and then you mentioned the Supro amp… it’s on my wish list now… damn… Incidentally, about the time you uploaded this I was in a bar having birthday drinks with my wife and they were playing Stevie Wonder! Nice synchronicity😊

[@RistoBopDz]

Ok…, my englih is so so and so is my guitar practice BUT, yet I've come to understand all your humorous winks and above all... that this lesson is of major importance to me! (Double whammy!) So, see you soon on Patreon ;) Thanks Buddy 🎉

[@retropeanutlad]

You rock, Eric! Thanks so much for taking the time to put these concepts into words. Very digestible and applicable!

[@coffeesniffer]

One of the best episode!!

[@richardely2404]

Finally... How to apply CAGED in the real world! Great Stuff... Having major AHA months left and right!

[@rakman_guitarjams]

Can’t wait to watch more of ur vids man ur awesome, love the bonus rounds and nerding out🤟

[@StompinGroundChannel]

I appreciate you explaining these concepts, I'm still at the stage of reading tabs and not knowing any of this musical theory stuff, you explain it well, thank you 🤘

[@anthonyparks505]

Another exercise you can do is diagram every position (patterns 1 through 5) and identify all the diatonic triads in each position. This will help you move between all the roman numerals in every position and every key and even more importantly quickly identify target notes in the underlying chords during your soloing.

[@metalfuryskulls]

Lovely lesson - I wouldn't have found that cheeky Eb shape if I'd been working on this on my own!

[@Paulcvids]

gorgeous guitar!

[@TheCaptahab]

Hey, finally i get how CAGED is actually useful! Thnx

[@artiefufkin3292]

very good lesson and lovely tone from the big firebird.

[@BradSmith-cp7yr]

I loved this lesson! The only thing that threw me off was the BbM changes (12:30's) Seemed like we got out of the CAGED shapes?? I guess it has do do with the minor??

[@blues61]

Nicely done, man. I've been using the CAGED system in the manner you describe for several years now. Especially, when I'm working on a fingerstyle arrangement and need to find a convenient position to voice melodic parts of an arrangement or solo bit. That said, I tend to focus on the mid-high and twinkly shapes. This video reminds me to explore more of what's possible on the lower pitched strings. Also, when I shake the cobwebs off of a song from my past repertoire I see it in a whole new CAGED perspective. I don't necessarily change the arrangement but somehow the song is easier to play with a CAGED mindset. Good stuff! Pizza was eaten, btw. 🙂

[@monodux]

Great video. That tone is fantastic too! I see that I need to slow down and work on some alternative positions with the caged system, and break those down into 3 string chunks. It takes time, but it's all there. Thanks for your consistently inspiring content.

[@Chdk24]

Subscribed! Never came across your videos before this one, love your approach to teaching, great job!

[@Mr.Krinkle]

Love the self-effacing teaching style here. : )

[@MrMarkar1959]

👍🏼🎸 i just accepted these short fingers werent designed to Rock in this life. then 40 years later forgot and tried again.