Soloing With Modes Using The CAGED System | Guitar Lesson

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[@nickgordon3909]

I've been playing for 45 years and I think your style is outstanding! Thanks for the great lessons!

[@BrettPapa]

Wow, thanks man! Glad you like it!

[@MrMrJameskeegan]

He's such a great player all the life he puts into his notes, and he has real personality, really wouldn't care what he"s.playing, it will be a lot of fun watching him put it all across

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for the kind words and for checking out the vid!

[@mrshiney2]

I would add...Audibly vocalizing the degree( ie 4th 5th) that you are playing, so you always know where in the mode you are. By knowing the degree instead of pitch name in the shape, it easily transposes from key to key

[@MyVantasticLifeVoyage]

I don’t know how you do it but I think your videos are so great because your delivery is on point like your not just talking to a camera. It’s like your talking directly to me. Well not me specifically but you know what I mean. Love the vids!

[@BrettPapa]

Haha. I know what you mean. Thanks and thanks for tuning in!

[@stratocumulusnimbostratus328]

You’re a legend!

[@542magoo]

Papa, you are hands-down the best teacher ever.

[@BrettPapa]

Haha, I don't know about that but I'm glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@isaacjohnson.]

Really Really good Brett! Awesome info and great lesson. I love your passion, your playing, and just how well you explain the ideas. Thank you!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it! Thanks for tuning in!

[@jasenmoyle3722]

Great lesson papa, that’s helped me heaps love ya lessons mate

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome!

[@ebarlitodepositario6968]

Great lesson

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

Great question I feel I’m there too

[@jdm61tube]

Love your lessons buddy. This one is awesome. Grazie fratello, le tue lezioni sono fantastiche!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@rogerwilliams4742]

Another great lesson! Simply explained and easy to grasp. Gracias!

[@BrettPapa]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@kai7818]

Mind blowing man. Thank you for sharing

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Thanks for watching!

[@TheCjbowman]

Great lesson, Brett! The chords are where it's AT, BABY!! Truer words were never spoken imo

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Glad you liked it!

[@olivierpillon4663]

Your a great teacher! Thanks for sharing your guitar knowledge I really appreciate it.Merci......c' est toujours un plaisir d'apprendre la guitare avec toi Brett.

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Thanks for tuning in!

[@Markelton883]

Yet again you have nailed it for me, love the way you teach this stuff, I wish I lived next door to you. You should be made a saint😀😀😀 awesome awesome

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked the lesson!

[@Rockintheparadise997]

Wow! You simplified it all ! A very cool approach to modal playing. Thanks man!

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome! Glad it worked for you! Thanks for checking it out!

[@rayross997]

The irony of the CAGED system is that it makes you uncaged on the fretboard & free to play melodically. Thanks Brett, another great lesson for sure.

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! It's true it is ironic isn't it! Thanks for checking it out!

[@marksc1929]

...always learning with ur videos ...thx Brett

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Glad they help you out!

[@nealreaves5136]

You are my favorite and that is saying a lot I watch everyone

[@BrettPapa]

Wow, thanks man! Glad you like the vids!

[@jcburger733]

Thanks for the lesson Brett. I could listen to you play guitar all day ;-).

[@BrettPapa]

Haha, thanks! You are welcome!

[@denismguitar1552]

Good simple approach! Thanks! You’re one musical dude!

[@BrettPapa]

Sure thing! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@riwajrai]

Really awesome lesson. Ur a real papa of music for us 😊

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Thanks for checking it out!

[@RandyBurnettTalks]

Dude I love your lessons it's almost 3am I could just be tired.. That seemed to fast for me to follow. I'll just go to bed and come back with fresh eyes and ears and watch this again.Slow Down Just a bit

[@jamesrobinson529]

Liked and shared. I really like the way you're putting CAGED in perspective. Very valuable and helpful!

[@BrettPapa]

Awesome! Thanks so much! Thanks for watching!

[@aa.mirezZ]

If I’m not mistaken; you’re using the caged system for various chord inversions to help lead the way to soloing into the next chord? I believe that is what you were doing. I get the modes are in there based on the scale degrees, and seeing where they are at in relation to the chord you’re using or going to in the progression, but it also looks like you are creating a melody (be it whatever mode) using the degrees within that chords structure. So it looks like (to me) you’re using open g first position and then soloing through the various inversions of that chord down to the higher register of the neck, while using the root 3rd and 5th to target chord tones into the next and out of one into the other. So for example moving from G to C because G is the 5th of the chord C, therefore knowing it‘s degree within the g chord (wherever you’re at in the neck) makes it easier to transition to the other chord (in this case the C) because you now know you’re at the 5th note of the C chord and it will lead you to an inversion of that c chord from wherever you’re at in the neck based off of the G chord. That’s how I understood the video. I could be wrong lol.

[@BrettPapa]

Thats it more or less. CAGED just helps you find the root, third, and fifth of all your chords in the progression all over the neck. When you combine that with your scale shapes its easy to solo and hit the target notes from your progression all over the neck. Thanks for watching!!

[@aa.mirezZ]

Got it lol. Thank you for your quick reply! As soon as I read the end of your comment it all clicked haha. Thank you! And thanks for the great lessons! I appreciate it, thank you!

[@rrswitch48]

Good en stash! Prayer for the little man! BBS!

[@BrettPapa]

Haha, I know I need some more. Coming soon!

[@69MultiDiesel]

Awesome, thank you!!

[@BrettPapa]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for checking it out!

[@joelopez4237]

Awesome awesome awesome, thanks for sharing this man! Your guitar friend Joe.

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@RenoWeedLajos]

VERY GOOD LESSONS..

[@BrettPapa]

Thank you!

[@J0hny87]

An interesting example is Nightrain by GnR - song is in the key of A-ish :D first solo is in B dorian, D major then they switch to A major and ending solo is in A minor xD. Slash throws modes here and there - Paradise city solos are based around minor pentatonic, major and mixo as well. GnR are always fun to play since there are so many notes you can hit in a solo :D

[@BrettPapa]

Yep, Slash is the king at that sort of thing. So good. I saw GnR in Vegas a couple of years ago end he was on fire! Still so good!

[@drutgat2]

Thank you. I really like your lessons, and understand the CAGED theory, and what you are doing when you apply scales and modes when moving from one version of a chord shape to another inversion, or to a new chord. However, I have great difficulty memorizing/picturing where the notes of a scale and/or chord are if I am trying to move up the neck toward the pickups, or down toward the nut. Previously learned patterns often 'disappear' for me, or if I can 'see' the notes, I seem to move through them 'in order' - it is really difficult for me not to move to the next note up...Question - Do you have any exercizes you can suggest to help me picture things better?

[@willabestorms6059]

I have the same problems... What I have found helpful is to practice STRICTLY using arpeggios to move from one cord to the next, it works for me. I have found using two arpeggios right after each other, helps with the longer measures. I am also discovering inversions...

[@timetraveler8777]

Thank you very useful

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@ctsguitar]

Not sure I understand this lesson. It sounds to me like you’re playing the Major Scale over each chord i.e. the relative approach to modes as opposed to highlighting the sound of each modes intervals... Is this correct?

[@brucefarrall1792]

OHH Life i want to get this...I'm staring at the screen like a Sloth on Speed ..but can't quite get it, YET... emphasis on YET... Damn it ... i'm trying though!! Thanks my friend for your passion and your talent.. it is truly inspiring.. I have alway considered myself a rhythm player but it's possible you may just help to drag me up from my boot straps into the lead virtuoso I am in dreamland... Maybe :)... If I can not take myself to seriously.. like you... Thanks dude!!

[@BrettPapa]

You got this! Keep at it! Thanks for watching!

[@tbobmann229]

great job!

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@gabrielfetter7164]

Great video.

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@JulianFernandez]

great! thanks!

[@davidhumphries1146]

You are a funny guy. Cool man. Keep up the good work.

[@BrettPapa]

Haha thanks! Thanks for checking it out!

[@HigherPlanes]

That plant next to you is a ninja. I only noticed it after 13 minutes.

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! I love that thing!

[@HigherPlanes]

@@BrettPapa It's nice. I'm a plant guy myself.

[@mr5039]

Quick question for the group here lol. Would it make sense then to memorize the Root, third, and fifth locations for all 5 pentatonic shapes? Is that the right way to start this journey?

[@BrettPapa]

Memorize all of the pentatonic shapes. The root, 3rd, and 5th refers to chord tones from the chords in the progression in this case. It is great to learn the degrees of the scales too though!

[@brucefarrall1792]

Also.. Can i pup in a request for more building block lessons around Hybrid picking technique PLEASE! When you go OFF into Hybrid land it makes me need to know more.. PLEASE! Even if its on your Website cause i'm working through lessons there too.. Cheers

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Sure thing! Hybrid picking is a great tool! Thanks for the support!

[@monkeypawism]

Damn, so simple but you sound so good. Too much of a beginner to apply this but great to info regardless.

[@braddavis4601]

You make it sound easy and I wish I could see it but I’m lost. Do you have color by numbers option. I want to understand it and see it like you do but I just don’t. Help

[@kukladbob1]

💯👍

[@BrettPapa]

Thanks!

[@ront8270]

Damn I was just struck by knowledge,,,,,, ok ...I just took the Cm keys but in G and played that shape GACDE F#G from any G on the fret board and BAMMM

[@BrettPapa]

Sweet!

[@arottie4097]

Good stuff! This whole lesson could have been a Blackberry Smoke jam!! Ha! I wonder if the dude BBS even know he is all over they mixolydian when the magic happens or he's just thinking damn that feels right? Prob a bit of both. just wonder if he's thinking about mode?? Thanx man

[@BrettPapa]

Charlie is an incredible guitarist. A few of the times when we have hung out he has unleashed some playing I've never seen him do with Smoke. He is a for the song kind of player. He has some terrifying chops on tap and I'm sure he knows all about what he is doing.

[@willabestorms6059]

What exact notes did you play on THE scale @ 3:50? Was that a Major scale or a (cords in the song) scale? Please advise...

[@szymonbalcer]

The moment the video started to play, ironically a Marty Schwartz Ad popped up hahaha

[@rogerwilliams4742]

Marty is my guy too! And Guitar Tours is awesome!

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Marty personally doesn't run adds. You can sign up for his newsletter at Martymusic.com though. That's where you will be kept up to date.

[@BrettPapa]

Guitar tour is awesome! I agree!

[@tba1879]

This is how to play, but what trips me up is what to play. I can learn modes and chord tones all day but still am stymied when it comes to improv.

[@BrettPapa]

Just keep working at it. Start very slowly and just try to hum a simple melody. Then try to find those notes on the guitar. It helps to try to develop a theme. Think nursery rhymes. Just play a very simple progression and then fool around with the notes in the chords and try more to think about the scale. See if that helps. Thanks for watching!

[@dandan321321321]

Finally.

[@aidilmubarock5394]

I still didn't quite understand, when you target those notes to suit the chord change, does the scale mod also change or it still in g major mode?

[@BrettPapa]

Use the scale but target the chord tones within it.

[@aidilmubarock5394]

@@BrettPapa thank you so much for the reply. So, do you will always target the appregios(1,3,5) note from the chord you're targeting or it's only the 1st of that chord?

[@Hansueliii]

Awesome tone... what kind if bridge pick up is this?

[@BrettPapa]

Lollar S Series I believe.

[@Hansueliii]

papastache102 : thanks, any pedal used in t the video or just the amp?

[@mbach1187]

I’m an idiot haha. Why does the f chord make it mixolydian? In key of g isn’t that a minor chord?

[@Kearflex1]

I bet that Friedman rips!

[@BrettPapa]

It does for sure!

[@nihilistlivesmatter]

What's the contraption on top of your friedman? & if I get one will it make me a better player?

[@brentbusby74]

NIHILISTLIVESMATTER that’s an Ox Box for direct recording. In addition to sounding fabulous, it will also make you an amazing player and an inch taller. It’s just science.

[@BrettPapa]

Absolutely true!!!

[@00-Tyler-00]

Is anyone going to address the giant man sized leaves on the left side of the screen? or is he small like the size of squirrel?

[@BrettPapa]

Haha! Nope just big leaves!

[@jeffreycarter2548]

Man, I have a major damn brain block when it comes to modes.

[@BrettPapa]

Me too lol!

[@joeb3590]

So i shares video for you

[@BrettPapa]

You are awesome!

[@MrSagarvarule]

Listening to ur heart is much easier than this root 3rd 5th, chord tone, scale calculation. It's music not maths algebra

[@BrettPapa]

When people are looking to understand the fretboard better in a more logical way these kinds of lessons help. A fusion of both is necessary though to become a great player.

[@ront8270]

Do it triplets

[@gerardmichael8523]

If you target the notes of the Fmaj chord as it passes boom... you're using modes 😉

[@BrettPapa]

Yep!

[@michaelfox2738]

Awesome, Brett. Am I wrong or was some of this inspired by your video with Guthrie Trapp? It looks like you're planning this video during that one (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKfCepaZfJZ5r68) while you're watching him melodically glide over the fretboard.

[@akhilsankar]

brett is really trying to help, but its more complicated to contemplate the caged shapes with seeing semi dim scales-pattern beneath it and imagining about what makes the melody, shit, its too much calculations.

[@BrettPapa]

Nah, it is actually pretty easy. Just takes a few minutes a day. Really makes a huge difference once you start applying it. From there just start adding your own natural style to it.

[@akhilsankar]

@@BrettPapa is it? We tend to always go towards the instant gratification thing all the time and tend to complain the method. Sorry Brett and thanks for that motivation and push, trying it slowly like you said few minutes a day method. Keep your great job.

[@bobmclachlan8788]

Very Neil Youngish.

[@thracian2072]

I must have low guitar I.Q. No matter how many vids I see or articles I read, CAGED is just not clicking for me.