Best part of Friday is Mr. Haugen uploading -- cheers & eat pizza!

Eric is a world class teacher and an incredible player.

These “you’ve learned CAGED, now what” lessons are so great. Nice work.

This is exactly what I’ve been doing, so this lesson is a great reassurance. The crazy, perhaps intimidating to some, thing about all of this is that it puts you on a long path, years of work. It’s a great example of how one tidbit of information can be enough to fuel months or even years of guitar development.

@EricHaugenGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Yes! One little thing that changes EVERYTHING!

Your videos and overall lessons have gradually gotten a lot better. Super happy to see your channel thriving, all the best to you Eric!

I love with the g chord shape how you said to choose a side. What an excellent tip.

This was an absolutely great lesson Eric. I loved it from end to end. I love your personable style. I've been really focusing on CAGED and Triads for the last year or so. This really great.

Life is busy as, but I always make sure the first thing I do on a Saturday morning is get my guitar out and I love that it always coincides with a new vid from you. Love what you do Eric!

I really like Eric's style of explaining things... So much patience and very chill... Great videos

After taking your courses on TrueFire, I truly enjoy the guitar again. I understand it so much better than I ever did before.

Real knowledge. Real teaching. Real good! Thanks Eric.

Dude, thank you....great vid. I love practicing by finding songs that 'require' a capo and playing without one. This lesson just locked everything in for me. I'm a new fan and will be spending some time on other vids of yours. Cheers 🎸👈

Thanks Eric! Your lessons are outstanding because you are one of the few who offer solutions to the central problem of how to learn to play effortlessly (without "thinking" or calculating).

Another great Haugenizing. We met for a lesson last week, and this video is well -timed for me as your encouraged me to continue working on CAGED.

Thanks for walking us through a straight forward and immersing use of the caged system. That's a great looking guitar too!

Ive never completely grasped the CAGED system until now. Ive been playing for over a decade but things kind of got sidelined when I went to college on classical double bass. This is a fantastic toutorial that Im going to be coming back to again and again because you just explain it in a way that is simple enough for me to understand without needing to ask you a question personally (since its a video and not a physical lesson). Very well done and thank you sir.

Your TrueFire course on CAGED has been an immense help. Thanks for all your hard work.

@boomerdell

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! Eric's TrueFire courses are great.

@planetside11

10 ай бұрын

I agree totally. I understand CAGED’s power now.

I've just started getting my head around the caged system recently and your video really opened things up for me. I like the idea of jamming in different areas of the fret board with the same chord progressions to get the different tones and riffs. Thanks man.

You rock, Eric! Thanks so much for taking the time to put these concepts into words. Very digestible and applicable!

Excellent supplemental video for the Truefire course. I'll have to go back and brush up on that. Thanks and have a great day!

Great lesson & awesome look Eric. Keep rocking man and thanks for all the wisdom you’re sharing!!! This lesson and your way of explaining, unlocked something in my head , which I haven’t had for years watching online lessons. So grateful for your incredible channel. Cheers from Berlin 🎸

Excellent lesson in applying the fundamental knowledge of CAGED to make it musical.

Dude, I just found exactly what I need in my guitar advancement. Im glad I ran across you and your channel

Eric, this was another brilliant lesson. I know I always feel better if I can confidently play the melody on the guitar as it usually unlocks a lot of stuff when I continue to poke at it. 😊

Great content Eric, I really enjoyed our lesson the other week. I definitely recommend this to anyone looking to improve their craft.

Every time you make my friday a little better than it would have been. Thank you.

Thanska lot Eric for your lessons! Ive been learning guitar for like 15 years, and trying to get scales, arpegios, triads, etc. all separate from one another and here you come with this simple explanation and suddenly mi interest in guitar is high again

You're a stellar teacher my friend.

Eric is most certainly the most intuitive and simplistic guitar teacher out there. Especially if you are having trouble pulling all the pieces of theory and technique you know together. Take his advice and "slow down you move to fast". It is all there under your fingers.

@eljefehuevon54

3 ай бұрын

Not sure I’d call him simplistic.

Thanks Eric. Your explanation in colloquial prose is Relatable. And just moving and thinking and showing...opens up a number of opportunities to fit our style. That's gold. The pace you set, combined with your talk and chord box inclusions...very good. Your instruction is a good good find. Gotta get better in a little while.

I appreciate you explaining these concepts, I'm still at the stage of reading tabs and not knowing any of this musical theory stuff, you explain it well, thank you 🤘

Hey, it's undeniable that Eric was specially on a good mood day, it really transversed the screen. there was also good content, but who cares about content if youre having such a good time.

I’ll chime in with the others and say how much your CAGED course helped me, but I still find myself noodling on it more than I would like. This is a better use of time to explore with the songs I know.

Fantastic. As a guy that’s beginning to venture into CAGED and triads this video and the way you describe and play it was awesome. Thanks! Subscribed!

Eric, I love the laidback manner in which you explain things. Thank you tor this video. I subscribed brother. 👍

Just coming onboard. Like what I’m seeing and hearing. I think this is exactly where I need to be . Thanks for doing more than just showing me how to play a song!

Subscribed! Never came across your videos before this one, love your approach to teaching, great job!

This video really connected a lot for me! Thank you!

Been getting more into caged idea’s lately so this is good timing

That guitar is just perfect. Always loved that shape and the tone is amazing. Also this guy really understands his stuff. I’ve seen more helpful stuff here than anywhere else.

Thanks brother! I'm loving your stuff - sits nicely with what my in-the-flesh teacher is giving me. Cheers from New Zealand - Mitch

Great video. That tone is fantastic too! I see that I need to slow down and work on some alternative positions with the caged system, and break those down into 3 string chunks. It takes time, but it's all there. Thanks for your consistently inspiring content.

Nice one Eric! You’re always delivering the goods! I was thinking during the video how killer your tone is and then you mentioned the Supro amp… it’s on my wish list now… damn… Incidentally, about the time you uploaded this I was in a bar having birthday drinks with my wife and they were playing Stevie Wonder! Nice synchronicity😊

I didn't know I would be able to find another great guitar channel I learn as much from, as I do from Paul Davids. Yet here we are! Thank you for the great content!

I find a good way to decide chord shapes is pick the spot on the neck you want to be in, find the root note and use this cheat sheet for the corresponding shape: C - roots on b and a A - roots on a and g G - roots on e’s & g E - roots on e’s & d D - roots on d & b

I think this is the best explanation of the CAGED system I have ever heard. Also mentions 'by ear' and knowing what you will hear. Thank you sir. PS, never dis the Firebird!

I learned the CAGED system from you at TrueFire. i've been playing guitar for over 25 years, and you have no idea how much that helped me. Thank You! keep it up!

That’s one of those guitars that I love watching other people play but would probably never play if I owned one. Sounds very warm.

Thank you! What a great lesson, lands perfectly where I'm at. I've long been aware of the connection of CAGED with triads and pentatonics, but this helps so much with that challenge of putting it all into action. (And what a great song choice! Stevie's first hit, I believe.)

Can’t wait to watch more of ur vids man ur awesome, love the bonus rounds and nerding out🤟

Awesome lesson plus funny noises at some point. You really made my weekend!

I love how cocky but informative you can be. So direct. Subbed. :)

I don’t expect to dance in my chair when watching guitar tutorials but I’m very glad to watch one where I have to!

Man oh man, what a great lesson, thank you, keep up the awesome work Eric!

very good lesson and lovely tone from the big firebird.

Cool lesson, and great song choice 👍🏻 Btw, guitar on original recording was played by Eddie Willis (Funk Bros)

Great timing! I’m currently working on this.

Hey Eric, thanks for enlightening the CAGED system and the benefit of it, I never saw the benefit before this video. Time to extend my dexterity

The dude is amazing! Great to watch just for the guitar tone, but the teaching approach is really good as well! Thanks for the recommendation, KZread!!

I rarely finish one of your videos in one setting. I'm always moved to get up and play! That in itself makes you important to me.

The statement at 5:05 to 5:15 is the truth! I have gone down this road a few years and now feel confident I am on the right path and my ear is being trained in the process. Isolated knowledge has limited use. Caged is the foundation!

Real Teacher, it's just like a friend... Love it

Nicely done, man. I've been using the CAGED system in the manner you describe for several years now. Especially, when I'm working on a fingerstyle arrangement and need to find a convenient position to voice melodic parts of an arrangement or solo bit. That said, I tend to focus on the mid-high and twinkly shapes. This video reminds me to explore more of what's possible on the lower pitched strings. Also, when I shake the cobwebs off of a song from my past repertoire I see it in a whole new CAGED perspective. I don't necessarily change the arrangement but somehow the song is easier to play with a CAGED mindset. Good stuff! Pizza was eaten, btw. 🙂

Good voice leading just sounds more pleasing to the ear and is the staple of most great songs. CAGED will get you there.

right after finishing your Zen: CAGED course i found this video. Really nice extra bonus lesson!❤

Great words of wisdom about tempo and feel and performance adrenaline at around 19:40

awesome man, ive been playing guitar daily for nearly 20 years and never really could translate what I know in my brain to what I feel with my hands. Watching this video gave me the biggest leap in that direction that any video ever has. Thank you and well done.

@SOD9627

Ай бұрын

especially that sneaky Eb ting xD

Gorgeous guitar man! Great playing and a great lesson as always.

Amazing lesson, as always!

You are my go-to human being for all things guitar-thought.

Great lesson, much love!

Really Informative! Thanks Eric!

gorgeous guitar!

Hi Eric, really enjoyed this lesson and had a couple lightbulb moments, thanks. One of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs too.

Great lesson from start to beginning

Great points. As you mentioned, each caged shape contains two and three string arpeggios and triads…and *that* shows you how the b string tuning complicates the guitar…ie the same triad will have multiple shapes as it moves across the neck. By seeing those variations as little c shapes, g shapes, d shapes, etc you have a powerful and familiar catalogue. Said another way, caged is less about playing whole chords up and down the neck, and much more about seeing the mini caged shapes connecting in few-string clusters nearby across the neck.

@EricHaugenGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Yes!

Pure gold. Can't believe it's free.

Great lesson thanks Eric. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber, mate. Cheers!

My god. I've been dicking around with CAGED in the past few months. Understood the shapes but wondered where to take it. I was getting confused because I could see triads in there as well and scales/arpeggios overlaid as this clip shows but the idea of learning a song then "Caging it" as it were is a real breakthrough. Getting the familiar motivation feeling of breaking out of a rut

I am one of those late in life guitar learners. Needless to say, I have struggled in a lot of ways. After watching one of EH's videos and it making sense, I started the Truefire caged course. It wasn't what I expected. CAGED? Not just about the chord shapes. Who knew? I am 5 lessons in rn. I feel like I made a significant breakthrough just from those 5. It may be the way it's all presented idk. I think the way context is established is key. I practiced what I learned from the videos and for the first time I felt like it was actually going to happen, being a guitar player, I mean. I know that sounds like an ad. It ain't. Thanks EH. Looking forward to more.

Man what great tone!

This is an EXCEPTIONALLY well done video:)

Really like your vibe man. Subscribed. :)

Beautiful playing here...great sound

Great lesson!

I was made to love this video!!

Shana Tova. Great lesson. Really ties it all together. Thank you.

this is really good. Thank you!

Thanks for the lesson, my dude!

Great little lesson. Subscribed!

Intuitively, what I always knew but thought was cheating and taking the easy way out. The best YT guitar lesson ever!👍🏼 I'm now a subscriber.

@EricHaugenGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Smart man !

this video has enlightened me

Thank you so much!

Very well presented.

love that firebird

Very informative. Really good video. Liked and subscribed.

Lovely lesson - I wouldn't have found that cheeky Eb shape if I'd been working on this on my own!

You get it dude!

Solo reminds me of something James Burton would do on an Elvis R&B cover with that vibe

Thanks for sharing how you play CAGED triad chord shapes - F Bbm Eb Db improvisation in your guitar soloing techniques. When playing in front of crowds they preferred to see you playing all over the guitar fretboard - this is my personal opinion which shapes to choose.