No but you see rock players use the top on an open A . Remember caged is a fretboard visualisation tool. The point is you know where all the inversions are not that you use the major chord shapes . It is more about modal shapes and arpeggios across the whole neck. Don’t over complicate it, the point is it’s very easy. It’s about playing through changes in the same area of the neck or playing the whole neck on one chord.
Correct.
My pinky pretty much always mutes the high e string as it holds the top note. So I'm not exactly "letting it go."
CAGED was something I figured out naturally to be honest. Same with voice leading. I never even knew the terms till years later.
Yep, Ytube is a great source for learning this stuff. I'm stubborn and never formally taught, but it's nice to hear others validate what you've been trying to do on the instrument -- and it's very helpful for filling in theory blanks I might have missed. There's always more to learn and that's still part of the enjoyment for me.
He's never been overrated to me. Definitely the biggest game-changer in electric guitar ever, regardless of like or dislike. He was truly an innovator on different levels -- musically, lyrically, visually. A lot of his chord shapes were Blues/R&B/early Rock and roll derived, just what he was playing a lot of before he hit big. He just put his own flavor and arrangement together that was very unique.
Or, they have more than one guitar.
Think about how powerful he would have become if he lived long enough to play a Floyd Rose.
That’s probably true. Me included in a way. I watched a documentary about him and seeing Van Halen on the black sabbath tour in 78 that got me hooked .
