30+ Caged Pentatonic Shapes Background. Learning pentatonic scales is a big step towards entering the world the minor pentatonic scale is a five note scale. If you look closely at the patterns below you will see the chords c, a, g, e, d.

C A G E D And Diagonal Pentatonic Scales Cody Chops
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Well then this lesson is for you. Lesson file showing the minor pentatonic scale within the caged system. Shape 3 starts with the root note on the a string.

Alternatives i often see people playing the pattern 3 (caged:

Pentatonic scale shapes for guitar including how they overlap across the neck in any key. C major pentatonic with the c shape. While we can add arpeggios and even modal scales to the chord of the caged system here were just simply adding the major pentatonic scale. If you look closely at the patterns below you will see the chords c, a, g, e, d.