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Last week we continued examining the relationship between CAGED major chords and the major scale to help you better understand the fretboard and visualize chord tones when soloing.

Here are the CAGED major triads:

Our third major CAGED chord shape is the G shape. Look at the corresponding major pentatonic pattern. This one probably looks very familiar to you, but look at the root note shown in red below played with the pinky finger.
Remember, this is a major pentatonic scale:

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 G shape.
This is the one octave pattern:
Next, start on the root note D, play one octave to the next D then continue and go above the octave. After that come back down resolving on the root note.

This is extremely important because you are playing the range of the scale while staying in the CAGED G position hearing it in the context of its intervals, starting and ending on the root note of the key you are in (D):
And now the musical part, improvise using the D major pentatonic scale over this D major jam track

If you're fed up with that jam by now, here's a different  D major jam track

Make melodies, try to develop a simple musical motif all whilst staying in the G CAGED position. Get used to the way the notes sound there and visualize the chord.

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 G 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 G shape:
Then expand the scale above and below the root whilst remaining in the CAGED G shape neck position:
Improvise using the D major scale over the D major jam tracks.

Again, make melodies, develop musical motifs but be sure to stay in the G 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 and now the G CAGED position.

We'll continue our major CAGED study next week. Take your time with this, I promise it's a worthwhile exercise!
 
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