CAGEDrules! Volume 2: Minor, Diminshed, Augmented Shapes

By Robert "Landy" Landinger

How can you learn your guitar's fretboard without thinking so that you can play melodies, chords, and solos to always fit the style musically?
Robert "Landy" Landinger, author of this book, was looking for a corresponding method since he first started playing the guitar. He focused on guitar greats like Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt and discovered the CAGED system which relies exclusively on the basic chords.
With this volume, there is finally a book for everyone to learn this ingenious system quickly and effortlessly and master the classic chords on the guitar.
Whether you're a singer-songwriter or a folk, metal, jazz or blues guitarist, this book will give you the tools you need to become a CAGED specialist.

Content:
Minor, Diminished, Augmented Shapes
Minor, Diminished, Augmented Arpeggios
Minor Pentatonic
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Comparison of the Shapes
Stepchords

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Nov 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9783758361791

Robert "Landy" Landinger

Robert Landy Landinger, Jahrgang 1969 Ausbildung am American Institute of Music in Wien Ausbildung in musikalischer Früherziehung Seit 1990 Profi-Musiker (ca. 2.500 Auftritte) und Gitarrenlehrer Seit 2014 staatlich anerkannter Gitarrenlehrer (Musikakademie Trossingen) Leitung diverser Jam-Sessions in München Auftritte im Bayerischen Fernsehen, MDR, WDR und NDR Internationale Auftritte Publikationen: Guitar Chord Calendars, cclive, ISBN 978-3-95616-520-7, VÖ 2020 Landys Ukulele Chords, cclive, ISBN 978-3956165214, VÖ 2021, CAGEDrules! Bd1 (dt) - ISBN 978-3756838295 -CAGEDrules! Vol1 (engl.) - ISBN 978-3743178250

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Table of Contents

About this volume

I. Introduction

This is CAGED – CAGED rules!

Why is it called the CAGED system?

The A natural minor scale

How a chord / triad is formed

Minor chords on one string, root on open string

Am chord tones on one string

A minor chord tones on two strings

Am chord tones on three strings

II. The minor shapes and their structure

Forming and moving Shapes

Connecting minor shapes

CAGED for all CAGED minor chords

Practising in two directions

III. Minor triad arpeggios

IV. Minor pentatonic and minor scales

Minor pentatonic

Comparison and connection between major and minor pentatonic scales

V. Diatonic extensions of minor chords

VI. Minor scales

A natural minor scale

The natural minor cadence

Harmonic minor or: what is the leading tone?

A harmonic minor cadence – Playing in a line

Melodic minor

VII. Diminished

The diminished triad

Dim chords on one string, root on the open string

Bdim chord tones on one string

Bdim chord tones on two strings

Bdim chord tones on three strings

Practising in two directions

Diminished triad arpeggios

VIII. Augmented

The augmented triad – aug+

Aug (+) chords on one string, root on the open string

C+ chords on one string

C+ chords on all strings

C+ chord tones on two strings

C+ chord notes on three strings

The CAGED augmented shapes and their structure

Augmented shapes formed and moved

+ chord – 3 root notes – 3 augmented chords

Arpeggios of the augmented shapes

C+ arpeggios of all shapes

G+ arpeggios of all shapes

IX. Comparison of shapes: major – minor – dim – aug

X. Step chords

The step chords of the C major scale in the 5 positions

The step chords of the C major scale with the five CAGED shapes

Chord affinities

Acknowledgements

Thank you for the sensational help and support for this book. I would especially like to thank:

Ma und Pa,

Claudia Badouin, Kim Beblo, Max Bronski, John Frusciante, Jimi Hendrix, Andy Hiermeyer, Shawn Lane, Martin Maertens, Pat Martino, Reimond Milewski, Joe Pass, Ursula Paulick, Johanna Maria Pfeiffer, Abi v. Reininghaus, Marc Ribot, Henry Robinette, Uschi Seifert, Thomas Vonier, Stephane Wrembel.

Exemplification of Chord

About this volume

This book introduces and compares the five CAGED shapes for minor (-), diminished (dim) and augmented (aug +). The aim is to establish a harmonious connection between the chords and shapes, both from a logical as well as tonal perspective.

The fill me up method enables the student to always keep an eye on the interaction between scales and chords. This technique provides a playful and easy way of successful learning with self-study.

This special learning method for step triads with the diatonic circles allows aspiring guitarists to learn the entire range of chord movements, so they will be able to play their favourite songs in no time at all.

Classic harmony textbooks explain connections with notes mostly using the piano keyboard. This book tries to fill this gap by making harmonious connections visible on the fingerboard of the guitar. After working through this book, the student will be more familiar with the tablatures and able to transfer harmonic explanations from harmony textbooks to the guitar.

CAGED teaches students an easy method how to enjoy playing without any sheet music. However, reading music can certainly be an asset to guitarists and help with understanding how to read the fingerboard, thus rounding things up.

Have fun, and Lockn Looooo!

I. Introduction

This is CAGED – CAGED rules!