In this lesson we show you how to mix up techniques to create embellishments over two chord shapes.
CAGED System – Variations & Embellishments Over Two Chords – Lesson 32
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Liking the course content, but the progression is wicked fast for a "beginner". Anyone else struggling to keep up with. Big G is the man, but super frustrating trying to keep up with this guy... went from 0 to 60 when CAGED 1 & 2 started,
Is the idea to practice those for 3 months before moving on? Or just disregard the speed and complexity for now and keep going..?
Is the idea to practice those for 3 months before moving on? Or just disregard the speed and complexity for now and keep going..?
Hey Jeffrey!
You're right. There is a ton of information packed into a small amount of videos - and it moves fast. It is laid out in a progressive manner, as one concept leads to another. Some lessons certainly take longer than others. I suspect that CAGED would take at least 3 months to master. We approached this school as a dictionary of techniques and theory, as opposed to teaching you a bunch of songs that happen to employ these same concepts, (which probably would have been more fun, but would have taken another 500 videos).
There are thousands of Youtube videos that teach songs, and if you study the lessons we've provided you'll be able to play pretty much all of them.
Between Syn and I, we have shared about 75 years of our musical knowledge in these videos. Try not to be frustrated if you have to spend a little more time on some videos than others. Some of this stuff is really hard.
Good luck!
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It is absolutely okay to move on for a bit in the lessons and then come back later. I would say, when you are stuck somewhere deep in the CAGED lessons, it is a good idea to dive a bit into the intermediate lessons, in particular the ones about picking techniques and intermediate techniques, and then come back to CAGED later. Some of these lessons have enough material to come back to for months or even years, it's impossible to just fully understand everything before moving on.
How long is each lesson taking you? I rushed through them before and eventually revisited the lessons and spent real time on some. Caged system was on I spent a lot of time on and didn't really ever go past there because of the amount of content that came from just that.
As it has been mentionned in the forums multiple times, the lessons have been down for a couple months now. The team and Syn are aware and are working on it. No extra details atm.
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