You don’t need to bury your head in books to decipher the secrets of the fretboard – you can learn the CAGED guitar system in just 10 minutes

It’s no secret that a lot of guitarists shy away from music theory. Let’s face it, most of us want to have fun when we grab our guitars, not make our brains hurt. Luckily, you don’t need to bury your head in wordy books to decipher the secrets of the fretboard.

The CAGED system is a foolproof way to understand the musical relationships between notes, chord shapes and scale patterns, and this lesson from Pickup Music makes learning the basics a piece of cake. There’s a companion video lesson, too, so if you want some musical backing for the exercises, load it up and jam along. 

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