CAGED Question

[Ethan Keeling]

Hi guys. Ive completed all of the CAGED lessons and have recently started on learning the fretboard and I was wondering. How do I know which pentatonic scale pr major scale i'm playing?

For example, if I take the A shape, 5th position and play the pentatonic scale and major scale, these are in the key of D right? (please correct me if im wrong as im not sure). So if i wanted to move say the A shape pentatonic up to where the A shape would be in the 7th position, would this make the pentatonic the E pentatonic right?

This is what i think it is but im not sure, so please correct me so I can understand this a little more.

cheers!

 

[Ethan Keeling]

So basically if i play the A shape in the 5th position it is a D chord. Therefore the corresponding pentatonic scale in that position will be D and so on. And this works with the rest?

Hopefully that makes more sense on what im asking!

 

[idssdi]

Which scales I don't think I caged shapes at all. I just kinda go these are the notes I'm looking for and that's where to find them. With chords I do think shapes because that's more resembling of a shape for me. Scales are really just a set of notes in my head and never shapes that much anymore.

But yeah basically if you play a scale with c d e f g a b in it anywhere on the neck whatever position it is a c major scale (or any of it's modes depending on the tone center)

Yes A shape with root at 5th fret is a D chord and if you pentatonic scale has the note D, E, F#, A, B in it, it is the D pentatonic scale. If it has the notes D E G A C in it it would be D Dorian etc. It's really all about the notes that are in the scale

 

[Ethan Keeling]

Ok, so if I wanted to move a scale 2 frets up I just say the notes are now going to be blah blah blah and these notes are in this scale so that's the pentatonic scale.does it matter if the notes are in order, or do they just have to be there?

 

[idssdi]

The name of the specific scale depends on the root(usually the note you start on) so they do kinda have to be I order. Don't play them in order when you solo though just from a theory point of view and naming them the order of the notes is important.

 

[Ethan Keeling]

And how do I know what the tone centre is?

 

[Ethan Keeling]

Ok that makes more sense now, just need to practise it! Thanks ids!

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Yeah it all depends on which chord you are making shapes of. I'm starting g minor arpeggios so that would be g m or scale and g minor pentatonic.