Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The CAGED system is often touted as a great way of navigating the neck, but I think there is a much better way of using that 5 letter word to learn the fretboard. Today I show you how. Check out my method of mapping the neck using pentatonic shapes: youtu.be/AYiGmI4Ng_8

And check out the previous videos in this series below:

Intervals: youtu.be/g_VA9QLPqQU
Harmony: youtu.be/bE9ddiYFiVE
Major/Minor Relationships: youtu.be/Hn-sMe92IYU
The Circle of 5ths: youtu.be/Aae7x2WW31k
Does it matter if you don't know the jargon?: youtu.be/Bu6OTx4DifU
Writing a multi part chord sequence: youtu.be/1ruFVWSWKbI
Fretboard workout: youtu.be/nvUmfi-FUaw
The Dorian Aeolian Crossover: youtu.be/slW2GNXAWzk
The Freebird Paradox: youtu.be/s7N29Fpu8-0
Adding Chords To The Pentatonic: youtu.be/FZ9Mbs5sc5c
The Lydian Mode: youtu.be/Gti3h2FZgyc
Sharps & Flats: youtu.be/ky_aLAYN12g
How to understand modes PROPERLY: youtu.be/6QauzLXjFdY
Happy Major Blues: youtu.be/c7uLNX3FnFc
Appoggiaturas: youtu.be/ZUAoVbYriTA
Syncopation & Displacement: youtu.be/jEcpctNMNY0
All The Modes: youtu.be/bCqyOhc9AIo
The Neapolitan Chord: youtu.be/eMnSdonlIYs
The Line Cliche: youtu.be/uDaPNUhmYE8
What Makes a Melody?:youtu.be/acPf0_RzR3A
A Common Problem & How To Solve It: youtu.be/GebzJM1bvUY
How To Play "Mellow": youtu.be/7joNyuNTs9o
70s Chords Were Better: youtu.be/BFswiDRQTfU
The Easiest Jazz Lick You'll Ever Learn: youtu.be/OtHEet4TzEo
The I III IV iv Sequence: youtu.be/Kif4U5B48cQ
Pentatonic Harmony Guitar: youtu.be/6_7tUhSlecE

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