As I was teaching my teenage students the value of the CAGED system an interesting thing happened; they all began to compete to see who could play all five keys the fastest. It has become a real focus among most of them. So I decided to have a formal competition and see who really is the fastest.
March 15th at Vocals and More, ( 481 N., Suite 100, Commons Rd, Aurora 630-851-3262,) 7:00 to 9:00, we will hold our Great American CAGED Shoot Out. I'll be sending out emails and fliers once I have to rules formalized. It looks like there will be up to 15 of my teen students competing. After the competition we will try to have one big teen jam, hopefully in blues. Anyone is welcome but only the teens can compete and jam.
For those of you not up on CAGED, it is a systematic way to learn notes, scales and chords up and down the guitar fingerboard. It makes it easy to learn to play in other positions without brute force memorization. Many songs use CAGED shape chords and variations so it is helpful to learn these. That cuts down your learning curve for a particular song. And the hand and finger exercises are worth the effort.
thanks and keep playing guitar.
Terry
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