Using CAGED to make ACTUAL music (with some tasty Hendrix-style licks)

In this video I'm talking about how I understand the fretboard using the CAGED system, and I discuss the importance of having some vocabulary and musical ideas to draw upon in each zone of the fretboard.
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Hi 00:00
Introductory noodling 01:13
My approach to CAGED 02:35
The E Form 04:17
E Form Lick 1 06:34
E Form Lick 2 07:39
The D Form 09:09
D Form Lick 1 10:00
D Form Lick 2 10:37
The C Form 11:25
C Form Lick 1 12:29
C Form Lick 1 13:34
The A Form 14:42
A Form Lick 1 15:01
A Form Lick 1 15:43
The G Form 16:41
G Form Lick 1 17:27
G Form Lick 1 18:23
Gear used in this video 20:13
Bye 21:04
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[@jonathanbreakwell6661]

By watching your vid I’ve actually realised that I am already doing a lot of this stuff without realising it. Definitely a good vid for intermediate level players Keep up the great work 👍

[@geoffwatson]

That's just sorted out my practice sessions for the next couple of months - great lesson - cheers.

[@markbrown382]

5 and counting for me….

[@sagig72]

This is SUCH A GOOD video !! Finally a CAGED video that isn't just showing the shapes but puts them into use in a way that is understandable and isn't all about playing scales. Terrific job man.

[@kc8923]

Adrian's lessons are always well thought out and helpful I find.

[@CarryMeHomeTonight]

In my opinion you are easily one of the most effective teachers on YT. Your content always catches my eye, and always delivers! Thank you for all that you do, you make a difference.

[@MatthewJBell]

I’m all in. These riffs are awesome and so helpful to hear you explain how they fit into the caged framework. Thank you, Sir.

[@kc8923]

I found going back to basics and learning the major scale in a few positions really helped to start to get to grips with navigating the fretboard. Hopefully this video will add to this.

[@frankortega4280]

Good lesson, Adrian. Very practical and usable approach to use. Thank you for sharing.

[@meeno_the_man]

So beguilingly simple, yet such a huge leap in unlocking the fretboard. Huge thanks, as always.

[@teleacousticplayer9386]

Love it!!! Excellent material as always, coming from you. Thank you.

[@Rwhyan]

Wonderful lesson. I am just now starting to learn CAGED and have been trying to visualize it in exactly this way. Would love more lessons like this. Thanks!

[@director2bob]

Hands down one of the very best lessons on using the caged system. Showing how to create licks in all 5 positions of the caged position has opened up so many new ideas for me. Plus they are all very simple to play. Thanks for the great video. You have a new subscriber🙏

[@stewurbach9989]

Another great one. You seem to be having fun doing these lately. I loved the Link Wray Radar and this one. I'd be interested in an episode showing the soup to nuts of how you put your backing tracks together.

[@JohnSmith-gy8rc]

This is a really great lesson - thanks Adrian!

[@lemeprismanagement3241]

Thanks Adrian, I have been trying to make sense of the fretboard for too long now and really need this, Jaime

[@niklet805]

Another great lesson. Thanks for all you do.

[@finnvalley8618]

Hi Adrian. While there are lots of CAGED videos out there so few have useable licks to go along with them. Please consider another video like this in the future. Just excellent.

[@jasong4879]

great stuff! this is just what I needed! trying to get more advanced CAGED licks down this month!

[@lucasolari3756]

great lesson, and great sound from that Strat!

[@brianpomeroyfilms]

Nearly passed this and would have missed out. I found this really helpful and love those licks. Thanks

[@davidgerrard8661]

Lovely playing Adrian

[@carpetpro9903]

Great lesson Adrian, thank you!

[@russlgtr]

I think the caged stuff finally hit my 🧠 and came together. This is the best explaination ever seen. I love the guitar, I wondered if it was custom shop with the 21 frets and vintage trem. I like the explanation of the floating trem pulling other string out of tune slightly with big bend.

[@namenaim1560]

Always helpful,always musical. Thanks Adrian.

[@acpg]

Thank-you!

[@Godders1]

Brilliant lesson, thanks

[@michaeljam2132]

Never a dull moment man! Cheers

[@johnmirabile3535]

ALWAYS GIVES A SOLID LESSON!

[@billwaller4993]

Great backing track! Has a Big Star feel, very nice.

[@VitalBigras]

Thank You for all the tab/notations pdf on your PATREON page 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@blueeyephil]

Well done. And timely for me.

[@Ja.So.Bergman]

Thanks Adrian!

[@slohart]

Awesome, thank you

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Great lesson. I'm caged man also. Lots to practice here...thanks

[@alexarchambault46]

Haven't watched the whole video yet... but already analyzing it and hoping that t-shirt is some sort of foreshadowing of a lesson to come. Cheers.

[@acpg]

haha yes, must do some more Dino Jr soon...will try and make it happen later in the year!

[@jamesbaynton1881]

Great lesson and cool backing track as well, love the snare sound, a bit 'Low' era to my ears.

[@mikericciuti5996]

Great lesson Adrian-thanks so much for this! Awesome dinosaur jr shirt, too

[@darkforest4891]

That didn't escape my notice either. Though curiously it's one of the few videos without the Jazzmaster 😁

[@mikericciuti5996]

@@darkforest4891 good point! not used to seeing the strat here

[@capitaldharma]

I've been practicing this every day since the video came out. Looking forward to a CAGED minor licks video!

[@acpg]

Great - glad you've been finding this one useful Kipp! I will try and put a minor follow-up video together soon.

[@hopeforpeace5320]

You are a great teacher! More country guitar please. Thank you .

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@acpg can you please put in a link when you have done this?

[@REALmacheight]

This SLAPS

[@dannywilliams4689]

Great teacher here

[@TheGarageJump]

Thanks Adrian

[@mattjohnson788]

Very useful. Ta.

[@capitaldharma]

Great lesson. You should do a lesson on major CAGED licks for indy rock. Like some Pavement or Dinosaur Jr. inspired licks. Or maybe do something like that for minor CAGED licks?

[@duaneulman9915]

Thank you

[@sludgejar2544]

Love the shirt, would like to see some dinosaur jr lessons. Keep up the great work.

[@acpg]

Cheers! I did one dino Jr lesson a long while back, but must do more soon!

[@Pablo-ft6un]

Completely agree with you that CAGED is one method to really check out. To me it all became clear, when i realised that the FIVE CAGED positions correspond with the FIVE different strings. As the high and low E is simply doubled there is no more musical information to expect. Logically with five different strings there can POSSIBLY only be five different root positions as a matter of fact. Curious to learn if you agree on that.

[@russlgtr]

You can think of the first e form lick that reaches back to the A on third string as a c or d shape of the 5 chord (d)

[@nstrug]

Great stuff Adrian. Any chance of a video for using CAGED over minor chords?

[@elemcee]

Worth noting that these licks could be used with the relative minor (Em in this case) as well. Sometimes they might benefit from minor (pun intended) adjustments to emphasize the different root note, but you could certainly use these as a starting point. Edit: Forgot to say thanks for the licks!

[@jtp1138]

Hi Adrian. Thank you for your channel! Been enjoying it for couple of years. I have radial nerve damage. Just fell from sky. Can no longer play a note on guitar. Ever know or experience with such a thing. Reaching out to anyone for advice. Docs are stumped.

[@lamper2]

Great lesson. I think Don Ross Skinner seems to need more attention for his contribution to the sound of Julian Cope's best era. Can you analyze what he did that was so great? He seems to have fallen through the cracks of time!

[@paulpulati9613]

Adrian, your lessons are always interesting, well done and very useful. Thanks for all your help…. But I would really like to see your lessons with the up-close camera angle showing the guitar the way we all see it when we are playing. Any chance of that? It would be even much more helpful. It would give your lessons another edge on your competitors. 😎

[@davidhumphries853]

That's been done, and it's confusing. The camera and his explanations are very good

[@uknowme1811]

@Anne O'Nymous wow ..lol. I did the exact same thing. Your right! There's no substitute for your ears.

[@danbowen7883]

Hey Adrian. Be great if you could do some Hugh Cornwell stuff. Another underrated musician in my book.

[@darrenreynolds3531]

The owl on the dinosaur jr T-shirt keeps blinking 😵‍💫

[@h0tsex0r]

🤟

[@jeffro.]

A bit of clarification for you. CAGED really isn't "zones," because they can move, depending on which chord you want. No, it's really a reference to chord shapes. Those chord shapes are then associated with, say pentatonic shapes, both Major & minor. Then, the pentatonic shapes are associated with licks. Together, chord shapes and "lick" shapes are how anyone can learn a style of chords, fills and licks that they can play whenever they want to use them. That's how you use CAGED to orient yourself with the fretboard. Nice licks, BTW

[@eyank57]

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[@index312]

Any chance of you doing a lesson for Talking Heads - Warning Sign?

[@robertpreston5268]

Hi can you recommend a basic CAGED lesson to watch before this one ?

[@BeesWaxMinder]

is there a CAGED system for BASS guitar?

[@G.S.W.SewmesomeMusic]

Do you use large picks or is it just the way you hold them? In any event thanks for sharing your time and talent.👍☮️

[@ben2sk8]

I’ve wondered this before too, Adrian drop the pick details!

[@G.S.W.SewmesomeMusic]

@@ben2sk8 can’t tell if it’s bigger thicker or neither at any rate dudes got monster tone!👍☮️

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Like deployed 👍 😎🎙🎸✅

[@infoscholar5221]

I've been playing for what - forty odd years? Can't play like you. Trade you my hair for your long fingers. You are a great tutor, but you have a native ability many of us lack. Do what you do, man.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

2:52 - anyone, here, care, to elaborate on these criticisms, please?

[@russlgtr]

Awesome stuff!!! Hard to concentrate with the owls eyes 👀🙂. They blink when your shirt folds, very cool effect

[@BeesWaxMinder]

😬I hear so many conflicting things about CAGED…🤷‍♂️

[@michealhand1001]

Don,t mind what anyone says about it Adrian is the one to listen to.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

@@michealhand1001 👍