What Are You Working On Right Now?

[mercifulfuzziness]

CAGED was something I figured out naturally to be honest. Same with voice leading. I never even knew the terms till years later.

It’s probably a generation thing.

I started playing guitar late in life. So YouTube was a main source right away. Where some guys had to go by ear and I can imagine by watching live shows.. I often check YouTube as a reference point. Being it Marty … being it the many many live shows available. With Premium I can also slow down the video.

CAGED is something you come across as soon as the algorithm understands you are learning guitar. Then CAGED is all over your feed.

 

[FuzzyAce]

It’s probably a generation thing.

I started playing guitar late in life. So YouTube was a main source right away. Where some guys had to go by ear and I can imagine by watching live shows.. I often check YouTube as a reference point. Being it Marty … being it the many many love shows available. With Premium I can also slow down the video.

CAGED is something you come across as soon as the algorithm understands you are learning guitar. Then CAGED is all over your feed.

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.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

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.

I sometimes wonder how Hendrix found all those chord shapes.

Looking back it’s easy to say he is overrated. But back then he must have been something else.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I sometimes wonder how Hendrix found all those chord shapes.

Looking back it’s easy to say he is overrated. But back then he must have been something else.

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.

 

[Eagle]

You can never have too much knowledge.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

You can never have too much knowledge.

The challenge is to built that knowledge tree.

Lets start with basic physics before we start building rockets.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

The higher you hang your guitar, the more music theory you know

 

[FuzzyAce]

The higher you hang your guitar, the more music theory you know

Or, they have more than one guitar.

 

[metropolis_4]

I sometimes wonder how Hendrix found all those chord shapes.

Looking back it’s easy to say he is overrated. But back then he must have been something else.

There’s a story about Paul McCartney and John Lennon taking a bus across town to find a guy because they heard he knew how to play a chord they wanted to learn

 

[norminal]

The two-note-per-string and “fives” shedding continues. Another breakthrough this weekend.

Adjusting how I hold my pick (holding it looser) has yielded huge gains! Coincidentally, it has also improved both my three-note-per-string alternate picking AND economy picking.

 

[la szum]

So with the G shape you just don’t fully bar it?

And with the D shape, you mean you let go of the high E string?

The CAGED system and a Capo go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly.

Where the Capo acts as the 1st finger Barre/Nut.

 

[PLX]

I sometimes wonder how Hendrix found all those chord shapes.

Looking back it’s easy to say he is overrated. But back then he must have been something else.

Think about how powerful he would have become if he lived long enough to play a Floyd Rose.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Think about how powerful he would have become if he lived long enough to play a Floyd Rose.

What's interesting, his death probably spawned more guitarists to take up them instrument than when he was alive.

 

[Eagle]

What's interesting, his death probably spawned more guitarists to take up them instrument than when he was alive.

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 .

 

[maguchi]

I'm playing some Conjunto Norteño music on a Squier baritone. It's kind of a Tex Mex flavored sound where the button accordion is the featured instrument. In the traditional style a acoustic lower pitched 12 string bajo sexto provides a strong backbeat rhythm. In this case I use a electric baritone. I strum the chord on the upbeat, the 2 or 4 or the and of 1 and 2 and play single note riffs and fills.