Demystifying Triads and CAGED: Unlock the fretboard and improvise freely

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*NEW:* The complete _*Fret Science: Improv 101*_ course is here! It's a step-by-step improvisation course for guitarists of _all ability levels_ (there are _no prerequisites_ other than being able to physically play single-note lines on your guitar). It's available as a standalone purchase or by subscription. Learn more at 🎸🧪🤘 ► *Video description:* This video deconstructs the CAGED system and presents it using easy-to-understand animated building blocks, starting with TRIADS, adding on PENTATONIC SCALES, and finishing with the MAJOR SCALE MODES. This is everything you need to unlock the fretboard and get started improvising. ► *Fret Science* is a new and robust method for understanding the fretboard (learning all of your scales, arpeggios, and chords) with _dramatically_ less memorization. And then using that knowledge to improvise and play freely in _any_ style of music. The core method for learning scales and chords is available _for free_ here on YouTube. If you're new to the channel, I invite you to check out the "Big Picture" video and recommended video viewing order here: ► *Learn more:* If you want to go deeper or interact with me directly, come join me on Patreon where I'm sharing exclusive new lessons, breaking down classic solos, and sharing new improvisation methods that help guitarists of _all ability levels_ learn to improvise confidently over chord changes in any style. You can learn more, sign up for my email newsletter, or contact me at ► *Keywords:* CAGED system, triads, guitar lesson, pentatonic scales, music theory, major scale modes, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Phrygian ► For downloadable/printable "cheat sheets" for this video and others, visit: ► You can learn more, sign up for my email newsletter, or contact me at: ► Gear I use and recommend (affiliate links): TC Electronic Infinite Sustainer Pedal - TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Mini Tuner - TC Electronic Ditto Looper - Digitech Trio+ Pedal - Boss RC-500 Loop Station - D'Addario NYXL strings - MXR Six Band EQ Pedal - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface : PRS Guitars - Bose S1 Pro PA - Pedaltrain pedal boards - Voodoo Lab Pedal Power X8 - Electro-Harmonix Freeze Pedal - TC Electronic Plethora X5 - MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal - Wampler Tumnus Overdrive - World's Best Cables 10' (Mogami/Neutrik) - World's Best Cables 15' (Mogami/Neutrik) - ► Recommended video viewing order: Full playlist: Individual videos: 1. Use "the warp" to reduce memorization: 2. Master the pentatonic scale with the rectangle and stack: 3. Learn the notes!: 4. Intervals: Guitar's secret decoder ring: 5. Understand the modes: 6. The best way to learn/play the modes: 7. Another easy way to play the modes: 8. The CAGED system and triads: 9. The 3nps system: 10. Instant harmony: ► Chapters 00:00 - Introduction & CAGED System overview 02:38 - Triads, simplified 05:15 - Triad inversions 07:47 - Modifying fingerings to change triad types 08:31 - The CAGED system - altering notes to change chord type 09:50 - The CAGED system - the pentatonic layer 11:44 - The CAGED system - adding the modes 12:40 - Using the CAGED system for improvisation ► Thanks again to Dave DiCenso, Jeff Gilman, and Jake Shapiro for the exit music "Sea Horses" from the Kilgore Trout Sessions.