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Last week we continued examining the relationship between CAGED major chords and the major scale to help better understand the fretboard and visualize chord tones when soloing.
Here are the CAGED major triads:
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Our fourth major CAGED chord shape is the E shape.
Look at the corresponding major pentatonic pattern.
Can you see the open E chord shape within the scale pattern?
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Let's play this scale in the key of D major
D Major chord = D-F#-A (Root-3rd-5th)
D Major Pentatonic scale = D-E-F#-A-B-D (Root-2nd-3rd-5th-6th)
Play the major pentatonic scale from D to D inside the CAGED E shape-
This is the one octave pattern:
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Next, start on the root note D, play one octave to the next D then continue and go above the octave. Come back down resolving on the root note.
You are hearing the scale in the context of its intervals, starting and ending on the root note of the key you are in (D). By doing this you won't confuse the sound of the scale with that of it's relative minor, Bm pentatonic!
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And now the reason why we do this, to make music!
Improvise using the D major pentatonic scale over this D major jam track,
this D major jam track, or another D major backing track of your choice.
Make melodies, try to develop a simple musical motif all whilst staying in the E CAGED position. Get used to the way the notes sound there and visualize the chord shape.
As we did with the previous CAGED major pentatonic shapes, once you've spent some time improvising, add two notes to the D major pentatonic scale to create the D major scale and repeat this process, still referencing the E CAGED chord shape.
D Major chord = D-F#-A (Root-3rd-5th)
D Major scale = D-E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D (Root-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th)
Play the major scale from D to D inside the CAGED E shape:
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Then expand the scale above and below the root whilst remaining in the CAGED E shape neck position:
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Improvise using the D major scale over the D major jam tracks.
Again, make melodies, develop musical motifs and be sure to stay in the E CAGED position
Pay attention to the sound of the two new notes, the 4th and the 7th.
Practice in different keys, then try connecting the C CAGED position with the A CAGED position, the G CAGED position and now the E CAGED position.
We'll conclude our major CAGED scale shapes study next week.
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