The fretboard can be a complicated terrain to navigate. Many notes can be played at the same pitch in multiple positions, and the third and second strings are tuned a major 3rd apart, whereas the rest ...

There is power in simplicity. Triads are the foundation of every beautiful song you’ve ever heard. If you can build and connect them, you’ll be able to learn songs more intuitively and open up a ...

Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

Local guitarist, singer and teacher Gary Vogensen presents an interactive seminar introducing the CAGED system, a technique of five chord forms (C, A, G, E and D) that free a guitarist to play up and ...