In all my years learning to play guitar I can confidently state that Den is easily the best guitar tutor out there. Simplification, clarification. precision & no ego trips. There is nothing more maddening when you're using tutorials online than coming across those regular tutors who wants to show off & demonstrate just how great they are on guitar & how they became so proficient by confusing you with all their complex references & mind blowing, over complicated approach to scales, minor, major, pentatonic, Aeolian, mixolydian etc etc as opposed to breaking things down in to their basic form so that you can easily understand & follow them & ultimately learn, grow & become a much better guitarist . Den is simply the best teacher out there & I highly recommend his tutorials on all aspects of guitar playing to any budding guitarists. This lesson here, that explains the CAGED system in its simplest format is testament to that. Keep up the good work Den. You're a top man.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

22 күн бұрын

This means so much to me. You can't even imagine ❤️THANK YOU❤️

@MidnightBaracuda

4 күн бұрын

TY villaxmas for Finding All the right Words to say (and cleanly) to say All the Things I wanted to say. I Absolutely concur!

@ronmounts8075

4 күн бұрын

Well Said Buddy!!!! Wellllllllll Said!!!!

First CAGED book/lesson that hasn’t had my brain in meltdown. Thanks

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

Yeiiiii! So happy to hear this clicked, Tom❤️

I never learned via CAGED, and I don't like how a lot of people teach music theory, either. I just learned a ton of chords and songs, and got into chord voicings that are reduced parts of the good old 5 'cowboy chord' shapes around the fretboard. But I have a geometrically oriented mind: I recognize forms and shapes in different contexts. As for music theory, what finally set me on bigger paths was realizing: you need lab courses to go along with your lecture courses. We need to apply the academic learning as soon as possible. Good luck with the channel. People seem to like it.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

4 күн бұрын

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My goodness! FINALLY, someone actually can provide a simplified explanation of the caged system! At least one that I can understand it. Thank you Sir!!!!!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

Let's go! Happy it finally clicked!

I'm 71 and have been trying to play for a little over 2 years. This was the BEST, most understandable explanation I have ever experienced. Thanks Den!!!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

22 күн бұрын

I'm so happy this has helped you, Gary! Thank you for watching and for your beautiful comment.

Hands down, the simplest explanation of "CAGED" I have ever seen. Great job!

@execjet1

9 күн бұрын

We must have been watching at the same time. I have played off and on for 7 years. Every time I tried to learn the caged system my mind would either get cluttered with a bunch of mumbo jumbo, then I would get bored (not learning, anything wasting time) and quit the video. Thanks for the excellent video. I have got it now and will never forget it.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you so much for both your comments! They mean a lot❤️

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

Thank you!!! ❤️

I've tried to understand CAGED for over a year wolith no luck. In about 15 minutes, you made it clear as a bell. Thank you very much. Great teacher

@LearningGuitarSecrets

23 күн бұрын

I'm so happy to hear this!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your comment. It means a lot.

Been playing since 6th grade. I'm 53. Clearest most concise explanations I've seen. Excellent, simple explanations.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

20 күн бұрын

I appreciate this, Bruce❤️ Thank you! 🙏

Without a doubt the best explanation of the "CAGED" chord system I have ever seen. Thank you very much!!!!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

3 күн бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to comment❤️

An absolutely brilliant lesson, you are an angel. I am 79. 😢. You just got me out of the CAGED. I was locked in. Now i understand what was that all about. Thanks a lot man.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

Let's go!!!! This is awesome. ❤️

Dude , u something special!!!! I have been trying to make sense of caged for a long time! I finally get it!!!!! U are a fantastic teacher!!!!!!

@adrianleonard6449

22 күн бұрын

Its just like i have learned a hundred more chords today , thats the impact of this lesson for me !

@LearningGuitarSecrets

22 күн бұрын

That is fantastic!!! Thank you so much for your comment, Adrian. ❤️❤️ I'm so happy for you!

I've been trying hard to understand the CAGED SYSTEM for a while and hadn't really got a good grasp of it UNTIL NOW. YOU EXPLAINED it where It finally clicked. THANKS A MILLION!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

LET'S GO!!! This is fantastic news! So happy this video helped you❤️

The best CAGED lesson ever has been shown by tutor Den. Amazingly clear form with very simple explanation. I recommend everyone to watch this video if you are having a problem with CAGED forms or shapes!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

13 күн бұрын

Thank you😍

I'm never around anyone and I've used KZread to teach myself how to play guitar and one of my questions has been how do I play different chords all across the fret board. This has helped me more than any other video I've found. Thank you for making It simple. Most people that teach just like to show how good they are and that leaves me thinking I can't do It but you showed me I can.. Thanks a million.

FINALLY! I have seen so many videos on this subject and was lucky if I came away with some partial glimmer of understanding. This is absolutely the best and clearest explanation I have ever watched. A sincere thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment❤️ It really means a lot.

Probably the best explanation I’ve seen. Still leaves me with a feed Qs…. 1. When or why would you play chords like that? They seem a nightmare to finger 2. How would you get quicker at finding those chords on the fretboards? I guess you need to know your fretboard notes first right? Superb vid though, thank you 😊

@LearningGuitarSecrets

18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your questions! 1. You can break up those shapes into smaller chinks that are easier to fret 2. I use the intervals (notes that create each chord) to know where those shapes are. I'll record a video on that too👍

@Dodgyguitarist

14 күн бұрын

@@LearningGuitarSecrets Awesome, thank you

I already knew most of what you explained about CAGED, but I had thought that the arrangement of the letters was just because it spelled something you could pronounce and remember; I had no idea that the sequence of the letters was meaningful. Thanks for that! 🙂

@LearningGuitarSecrets

16 күн бұрын

I love it! So happy that part clicked!

By far the clearest explanation of what the Caged systems and how it works. Thank you.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

23 күн бұрын

🤩 Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

I was always mystified about CAGED, despite having read the theory. Your lesson made the light bulb moment. Thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

16 күн бұрын

AWESOME! So happy to hear this!

I never realised that CAGED gave the order of the shapes needed as you move your chosen chord up the neck. Thanks for the lesson

been playing over 50 years, great video... its always good to look at things from all angles, great angle!!

For me, this was a wonderful explanation of the CAGED system. Working with what was said and knowing the basic chord shapes is a gateway to understanding where to find chords and what shapes to use. Bravo!

Thank you very much for that simple and elegant presentation of the CAGED system. I have been trying to understand it for 4 years, but no luck until tonight. Excellent work Den. Keep up the fantastic lessons. Dave from Nova Scotia, Canada

@LearningGuitarSecrets

21 күн бұрын

Yes! So happy to hear this, Dave💪 I appreciate you taking the time to write a comment. It means a lot❤️

Well done! Concisely informative, thank you!

Easily the best, easiest to understand explanation of CAGED I've yet to see! Awesome job

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment so much!

Easiest explanation I’ve seen yet and I’ve seen plenty. Thank you.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

19 күн бұрын

I appreciate you, Todd! Thank you for watching and for your comment. Both mean a lot.

That was absolutely beautiful and brilliant! Thank You very much, new subscriber!❤

It took me literally years to understand caged, I woke up one morning and it all made total sense, I don't understand now why I couldn't grasp it for so long

This is as perfect as most an explanations of the CAGED system that is great for beginning students to the guitar. I say well done for taking the time to distil the information in this way. Over the years I have read books and watched other videos on KZread and have felt some explanations were either slightly complicated or not simplistic enough to fully grasp in one viewing. This video profoundly solves all of that making it ever so clear.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

Wow, your comment made my day, Simon! Thank you so much! 🙏

Once again no one every explained the CAGED Shapes so clearly as you did. It clarifies to me how CAGED System funtions. Above all you showed so nicely how the chords look like. I admit that I have moved one step ahead with your lesson. Your are truely a good teacher.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

16 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I'm so happy this lesson has helped you😃 Keep rockin!

Nice lesson. And as an added bonus, anyone playing along can now play the very start of The Song Remains The Same

Nailed it. Thank you!

Outstanding explanation of the caged system,simple explanation for this student of the guitar to understand.Cut through the smoke and mirrors associated with sometimes confusing presentations of the past one has indured.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

THANK YOU!!! ❤️ You taking the time to write such a fantastic comment means a lot❤️

Just excellent tutorial. You definitely made it all come together by breaking this down by using simple and logical explanation. Thank you so much.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

3 күн бұрын

I am so happy this brought it all home, Janet❤️

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, for sharing this knowledge - it has made sense of so many videos that didn’t explain this as clearly as you have.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

9 күн бұрын

AWESOME!!!! I'm so happy for you! thank you so much for your comment. It means a lot❤️

THANK YOU! WHY didn't ANY of my teachers tell me this? This helps SO much!

I was trying to avoid this CAGED thing but I finally get it now. It's kind of like that "light bulb" thing going off over 💡my head. Thanks for the knowledge. Subscribed!!!

So glad I discovered Den, have just took up guitar in my late fifties as a hobby. This guys simple but concise way of explaining things is really easy to follow, compared to most other KZread guitar tutors ive watched. Thanks Den, you've got another subscriber 👍

@LearningGuitarSecrets

18 күн бұрын

Aw man, this really means a lot. I appreciate you taking the time to write this, Jason❤️

That is by far the best explanation i have found on the CAGED system, thank you.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

13 күн бұрын

😍Thank you!

This video added the final piece to me understanding the caged system, thanks so much!

Fantastic lesson and gave me my eureka moment. Thank you for sharing

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

This is great! Thank you for taking the time to comment❤️

These KZread guitar teachers are gonna put a contract/hit on you! They tortured and confused us 60 and over beginners for years! Thank you Thank you! I just subscribed! Again thank you

@LearningGuitarSecrets

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment! You made my day❤️

Excellent!!! Makes it so clear. Thanks a million.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

17 күн бұрын

You're welcome! So happy it helped you, Wayne🤩

Clear, concise and simple. Thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

So happy you liked it!

Great explanation. Thank you man.👍

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. It means a lot. Happy you liked the video ❤️

Outstanding. You have earned yourself a special place in guitar Heaven.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

2 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this❤️

Thank you Den. This is the first explanation that makes me understand the CAGED system!!!!🙏🏽🥳👏🏼

@LearningGuitarSecrets

24 күн бұрын

Wohoooo! So happy it clicked😍

THIS IS COOL! After so many years…..knew some of this but this is CLEARLY explained! Thank you Den

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you for your comment😃

I will buy your book because you are a very good teacher of guitar. Wow

@LearningGuitarSecrets

24 күн бұрын

That's fantastic! Let me know when it gets to you and how you like it! ❤️

@cyrilmoussoki3193

24 күн бұрын

​@LearningGuitarSecrets Yes

Very, very, very good explanation!

The best CAGED lesson ever has been. Thank you

@LearningGuitarSecrets

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! Saw you comments on the other videos. I appreciate the love🤗

Loved it - thank you, now to practice it!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, Keith! I appreciate you leaving a comment and watching through it ❤️

This presentation is so excellent, you just earned yourself another subscriber! Thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate the love❤️

Hi, I am 61 and learning and found your explanation easier to understand the caged system.... thanks

@LearningGuitarSecrets

22 күн бұрын

Wohhooo! I'm so glad it helped you!

Best video that I have ever watched on the CAGED system and how it works.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. It made my day! Thank you! 🙏

Ive been playing for a long time.. You literally just exposed the biggest enigma in guitar playing. Mind blown 🤯 Thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

10 күн бұрын

Let's GOOOO! So happy for you😍 Thank you for letting me know this video helped you😃

Enjoyed the lesson. Straight to the point and explained very well.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

23 күн бұрын

Thank you, Michael!

Thank you much for your explanation, in after all these years I finally comprehend what the caged system is all about 🙏

@LearningGuitarSecrets

3 күн бұрын

Yes! So happy to hear it finally clicked💪🎉

Thanks, great explanation. Now to try to implement it in my playing.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I knew this about caged system but enjoyed watching you teach this clearly and it helped a lot of fellow guitarists. Next is to show the pentatonic scale patterns that go with each shape. Good stuff! Subbed.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

Yes! You are exactly right💪 Once you can associate each scale pattern to a chord shape you're absolutely rockin'!!

Many thanks Den. You just managed to pull together all my disjointed understanding of chords, shapes and the fretboard.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

AWESOME! So happy to hear this! Thank you so much for letting me know this video helped you❤️

Perfect explanation of the C A G E D system that I actually understood. Thank you Den!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

So happy it clicked! Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to comment❤️

This is the best explanation of CAGED i have come across, please make more videos expanding on these ideas (if you haven't already), subscribed!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Thank you!!! I appreciate you watching and your comment❤️ Thank you for the love!

ohh now the barre chord makes more sense! and the video isn't even over!! You make things simple to follow thanks!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

21 күн бұрын

So happy for you!!! Let me know what you think of it once it's over😊

I never realized this was the sequence of shapes. Very helpful!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

18 күн бұрын

Awesome, Paul! So happy you got that breakthrough💪

Great explanation.

That was excellent, now I just need to watch it a few more times, and maybe my old brain might maintain this great explanation. Thanks

@LearningGuitarSecrets

13 күн бұрын

thank you so much, Steve!

Very well done! I've been a guitarist for a long time, but also teach. I've used the CAGED system for decades, but have always had a bit of a struggle on how to communicate it with my students. I like your method. In the meantime, I've also created a mental map on how to relate the CAGED shapes, Modal shapes, and Pentatonic shapes to each other. It's my belief that this will help keep my 70-year-old brain agile ;)

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

So happy to hear this! Thank you for your comment. It's great to hear from a fellow guitar coach👍

That was a great tutorial. Thumbs up

Brilliant explanation!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️ I appreciate your comment😊

Brilliant! Thank you!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

So happy you liked it!

Sooooooooo good. How come nobody else can make this so easy?! You are the best. Just such a brilliant teacher.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Thaaaank youuuuu! I appreciate your comment, Tim! Made my day❤️

Good explanation of The CAGED shapes. 🎸

@LearningGuitarSecrets

24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the thumbs up, Anthony! Means a lot!

Thanks so much for this excellent lesson. You Sir have a new sub!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

10 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

Many thanks for sharing this knowledge.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

So glad you liked it!

@Subhabrata

14 күн бұрын

@@LearningGuitarSecrets Can CAGED system be applied for minor chords?

Superb explanation, would be nice to have another video showing how the shapes fit together........Thank you.

You are my new favourite channel! Thanks😂

@LearningGuitarSecrets

20 күн бұрын

Thank you, Philip! Means a lot!

Excellent lesson!!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

19 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I totally agree with all these splendid comments. Easily the best explanation I've ever heard.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, Paul!

Works for me, thanks I love learning.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for watching❤️

Genial 👍 🙏 Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

@LearningGuitarSecrets

13 күн бұрын

Hello from Barcelona, Spain!

very good mate , the content and ease of understanding is worth 10000 likes or more , cheers man

@LearningGuitarSecrets

23 күн бұрын

That would be amazing! 💪

Very great lesson. Finally clear to me

@LearningGuitarSecrets

5 күн бұрын

Awesome, Scott! So happy to hear it finally clicked💪

Keep it simple - well done

@LearningGuitarSecrets

4 күн бұрын

Thank you❤️

Well done, even I was able to get this, thanks!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

4 күн бұрын

This is awesome! So happy you liked it🤗

You were tired 😉 but didn’t waste your Time! Everything is cristal clear. So Thaaaaank you so much for this marvelous explanation. ❤

@LearningGuitarSecrets

21 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching till that point of the video. It means a lot to know someone watches all the way through❤️

Great video! Very helpful

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

So happy you liked it! You guys rock!

Was just thinking when you will do this vid. Well done

@LearningGuitarSecrets

20 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!

An other satisfied student here Den! New to your channel. Straight to the point! Yes!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

17 күн бұрын

Awesome, John!! Thank you so much for your support❤️

THIS Makes sense!!!! Thank you!!!!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

7 күн бұрын

Awesome, Jared! So happy it clicked!

As a teacher you're a natural, great explanation of CAGED.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

9 күн бұрын

I appreciate this, Juan! Thank you for watching and commenting🙂

I have never comented on any guitar totorial in my life to you i say good thank you.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

19 күн бұрын

I really appreciate your comment❤️ It means a lot!

That’s one of the biggest things to get over is patterns and shapes but we tend to overthink it

Hello LGS the G shape can be divided to make comfortable to play EBGD strings of the shape.And just use DAE for Notes Arpeggios Triads etc Great explanation good Luck.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

22 күн бұрын

Hi, Michael. Yes of course! Of all them can be broken down💪 Thank you for sharing😊

Great explanation. I would suggest to all my fellow players to learn where the root note is for each of the chord shapes; makes it easier to figure out which shape to use depending upon where you are playing on the neck.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

9 күн бұрын

True! Knowing your 1-3-5's is also very helpful to transform your chords 💪

Also while realizing that you already covered a ton of information (especially for those new to CAGED) On your next CAGED lesson you may want to make a segment on the upper and lower parts of the “G” shaped chords which can be easier on the fretting hand, but just as nice sounding.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

Thank you. This will also come in handy with the C shape👍

Fantastic and easy!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

8 күн бұрын

So glad you liked it! Thanks for your comment! 🎉

Excellent thank you.

@LearningGuitarSecrets

14 күн бұрын

So happy you liked it😀

This has made it all make sense!

@LearningGuitarSecrets

21 күн бұрын

Wohoooo! This is fantastic, Sean🎉

Great explanation thankyou. After years of not getting it or caring for it, I do now. Remembering it's about the shape, a somewhat short cut way of getting the group of chords / keys. A free moving capo if you like

@LearningGuitarSecrets

6 күн бұрын

Exactly!!!