VERY GOOD WORK VIDÉO...!👏✌..FOR INITIATION GUITARS PLAYERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE NEED NAME CHORDS SCALES!!✌☝👍..THIS IS A VERY GOOD FASHION TO SHOW CHORDS AND SCALES ALL ALONG THE FINGERBOARD..👏👏👏👏👏✋👊👌✌👍😄
I'm not a shredder, I'm traditional Irish/ folk acoustic guitar player and singer. You're lesson are excellent. There's no bullshit. Keep up the good work!
I think I stumbled into the interval approach years ago when I finally decided I had to learn theory. As I transitioned from alternative and punk to metal. Wherever I start I can connect notes and scales and know where my roots and fifths are and where I can bend a flat 7th to a root or whatever. My shredding skills today aren't what they were a few years ago cuz life gets in the way of practicing... but it's very easy for me to improvise rock leads.
I started with CAGED and loved the way it interlocked like LEGO, with its close relationship to pentatonic scales and chords/arpeggios. Later on I got heavily into 3NPS with its beautiful symetrical patterns and ease with which to play at high velocity. I combine them freely at this time depending on my musical needs at that moment. This is a great video.
I have been watching Bernth for about 2 weeks now. There's always been a thing I thought u was missing. Like why can't I play like a pro. I've been playing since I was 12yrs old. I've James with alot of good players and have kept up and if not shined on my blues licks. This guy is for real. Just running thu his motions have got me scaling like I never thought. So happy I found your you tube. I'm subscribed and am thinking of joining patron as well. Ty Bernth
Starting out in scale study, one should commit to memory the five positions of the pentatonic scale. By doing this your ear will train and muscle memory will eventually guide you into useful melody. The next step is to understand modes, the circle of fifths is a good study to grasp modal concepts and for transposing keys. Once introduced to the circle of fifths, ad the two diatonic notes that are missing from the pentatonic scale you are now familiar with. Keep track of the root note locations, challenge yourself to combine shapes as you improvise melody and run up and down the scale. There are many paths you can take when you know the positions and their shapes, so try to make the same melody using a different path. You will become more familiar with your fretboard as time passes and find yourself making mental notes in your discoveries as you play. The caged system is a limited tool that is worth understanding but does not replace a more complete approach that starts with the relationship of the notes pertaining to key and root. It takes about an hour to learn to play through a pentatonic scale position with confidence, there are five positions and the patterns are the same for both major and minor (just separated by three frets). Applying the two added diatonic notes is a piece of cake in the weeks that follow. Within three months, you should be able to transpose (easy) and use modes effectively (harder). You will discover that you don’t always have to get the modal notes right in your improvising to sound good. Sometimes mixing modes can make your music better so don’t be too afraid of the passing notes and getting them wrong once in a while because they are not necessarily wrong in theory, they just aren’t the modal notes. For example, substituting the Dorian note for the Aeolian note in a lick will hardly set off alarms in most cases, and it is common place to play minor over major or major over minor. None of this is hard, it just takes time.
I like how you keep switching the diagrams left to right right to left...keeps attention span at bay just full on concentration is needed to keep in flow. Good job dude!
Wait wait wait.. Im playin guitar 20 years, for the last couple I been tryin to understand the caged system but u made it so easy in 2 mins.! Hell yeah, thank u Bernth 🙏 u are my new grand wizard 😂 big shout out from Ireland 🍀🤙🏼
There are so many video's online trying to explain the CAGED system.. Most try to explain it as if they are J.Hendrix himself and just expect everyone watching to know music theory. You did a perfect job! You took your time to explain the 'simple' things, because they aren't as 'simple' for everyone. Thank you for the great video!
I was so lost for years that I never learned how to pick guitar. This single lesson has been the most effective one I've learned ever. Thank you so much!
I have been following you for over a year. My guitar play has grown slot . This is one of your best videos ever. Thanks for helping me to play my guitar! So much fun !!
I was playing the "CAGED" system before it was pointed out to me. But using the "3NPS" to practice my scales & modes, (plus a lot of technique, alternate picking, & speed/synchronization is learned working the "3NPS"). Arpeggio credit has to go to just working them out from the chord & the "CAGED" system, because when it was pointed out to me that I was using the "CAGED" system, I had already found the arpeggios within it, I just didn't realize it. Now 30+ years later, I wish I knew I was utilizing those systems as it would have been much easier to learn arpeggios, modes, & especially how to use them in my solos and fills. Thank You Bernth! I really dig your videos my friend!
Zwilling I've been neglecting learning the cage system all this time, but after hearing you explain it, It made me realized how much I was missing out, but now motivated to learn it and also the other topics u talked about Thanks to you Bernth!
Funny thing: when I started playing (about 30 yrs ago), that third mysterious system is kind of the first thing I learned: recognizing intervals between positions on the fretboard. After that, because of a Frank Gambale video mid nineties, I started with the 3-notes-per-string method. Which btw I discovered that it is easy to remember that if you imagine that if you'd have an unlimited set of strings up and down, the same pattern of seven finger positions magically repeats itself: 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-2-4, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, 1-3-4 and 1-3-5 again. Finally, after all these years, I never looked into the CAGED system.. will look into that now. Haha.
Me too!, I learned 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-2-4, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, 1-3-4 like the "universal" shape and just any mode starts in one of them. This is applicable to the other scales.
I've been following you since you was 50-60k subscribers and until now I'm learning, there have been many changes to my playing technique the way I improvise, it's very different from before I found your channel, and anyway thank you for always sharing a lot of this expensive knowledge for free On UA-cam, I hope you continue to do this to help out there guitarists like me. I will always support your channel, warm greetings from Indonesia!!!!!
Since I have multiple guitars that are tuned differently, I naturally started thinking about interval relations. For me, this had to happen to be able to improvise over any jam track with any tuning. It seems more of a universal language because it doesn't force people to tune their guitars the same.
Jamming with any track all by yourself your not put on spot. Jamming a track in front of people with guitar slightly out of tune that has lock down floyd rose or kaylor system whatever is fucked no matter. Move to the next track or entire different record. Maybe if your in tuned half step off or whole step and a half you can still follow .like Hole in the sky' is in open A) but standard tuning you can play F# fingering is different of course
I would like to watch this video but 25yrs ago when I was starting to play. I got into all of this by discovering processes during the endless practice sessions over the years. I also needed real and deep music theory to mix things together and understand this and some beyond. For those that are starting, and don't know this, give this man his Patreon collaboration and save some years for yourself.
I've been playing guitar since 1989. This is by far the best (and only, but extremely clear) explanation of the CAGED system I've ever heard. You are an excellent teacher!
I've tried watching videos on CAGED before but wasn't long before my ADD kicked in. Watched you explain it just now and I'm pissed off that it's that easy. Why doesn't anyone just tell you what it is?!? Subbed, you are my go-to now.
I’m just a beginner and I’m trying learn the scales and chords for playing electric guitar, but I’m not having real motivation for it it’s all really hard to get going and I’m being held back searching for a new guitar teacher for lessons, now I’m just having problems to decide if I need personal help or can learn more from apps and you tube
I was "raised" on 3nps and combined with improving my ear through interval exercises I'd say it's serving me pretty well in terms of visualizing the fretboard. I never learned caged but I certainly associate with seeing similar chordal shapes throughout scales...
@@Bernthguitar The 3NPS system REALLLY helped me understand the modes and how they are all connected. Something cool I found is you can ALSO change your pentatonic scale into a 3NPS scale which can help make a really cool pattern. Just last night I messed with the concept of 4NPS for each of the diatonic modes and it is actually really interesting to see HOW they land on the 3NPS systems. Been watching your videos for about a year now. Happy to say I watch almost every single one that comes out, and you have improved my shredding 10x. Thanks to the best guitar teacher I never had! shoutout from Canada man!
I studied classical uprightbass, and while gigging in musical theater pits and needing to sightread in a different key than written because the singer needed the range changed to suit their voice better, I stumbled upon the intervallic system out of necessity. (Even those of us who graduated from music school are continuously learning!) But now that I'm learning guitar, I find the caged system is incredibly helpful, and the 3NPS system can be simply placed on top of it. And of course, I'm understanding both systems through the intervallic approach lens. Great video!
Oh wow - as an acoustic player - turns out I've been using CAGED without knowing I'm using it! This insight to the fret steps and shapes is a real face palm...how did I not figure that out myself? Thank you so much for highlighting my ignorance! Brilliant! 3NPS is beyond me for now, but will definitely look into it for bass work...! Cheers form Australia
I am an ear-player professionally (in 2 bands and am considered the county's substitute string player if someone gets sick), and my brain uses the interval system. My genres are blues, country, southern rock, psychedelic rock, punk, reggae, ska, folk, and funk. That being said, I want to learn the caged system and the 3nps because I do feel a bit limited when it comes to speed. My usual practice (great for improv) is playing along with the weather channel. 24/7 changing music with no que to how it will change.
Thumbs up for another great video packed with information. I especially liked how you took the time to observe how each of the 3NPS shapes is consistent with a mode. That's invaluable to know, and it's something that's never been emphasized for me.
Great explanation of the CAGED system, and as I'm not from the metal/shred world, 3NPS is new to me. So thanks for the informative clip an others that I have seen on your channel. Zwilling!
The problem with soling based on “shapes” is that you’re stuck playing parts that are idiomatic to the guitar. Taking musical lines from other instruments and figuring out fingerings for guitar is where a lot more fresh ideas come from.
I've been playing and thinking in intervals for years and it makes playing so much more fun. It's actually how I think of songs and why when you change keys but not whether it's major or minor and the song is still recognizable. The interval is what you hear in music and creates the song, not the notes or chords
Holy s**t. I am a self0taught guitar player but a trained percussionist. I know all my scales and chords, but have struggled to translate that to shredding. Your explanation of the CAGED method rocked my playing. I have already improved my comfort on the board and am excited to keep practicing. Signed, a new subscriber
I watched 9 videos on the CAGED system before I got to this one, and this is the one that explained it in a simple enough manner for my addled brain. Thanks!
I did hit the subscribe button 10 second before you asked for it in the video ! 🤣 And I was thinking how did I missed you on UA-cam !?! you sound like a really good teacher, the explanations are very clear even for non natives like me. I will patreon as soon as my wallet can handle it I sweaaaar THANK YOU !
yes to all. Intervals is the way to go. caged is the start. you get to the three notes through intervals, but you might not get to intervals through the 3 notes per string.
I instinctively use the major scale for soloing.. But I think I just learnt more about Guitar theory in 12 minutes, than I've ever known ! .. Thanks Bernth !..
Holy F*#@ dude. I've been learning and I've learned SO much, it's always easy to understand and makes sense. I've been teaching myself for years and trying to learn but BERNTH has taught me more in just a couple months of watching. Rock on BERNTH and thank you!
the interval system was occured to me when i watched a video of satriani and he didnt talk about notes at all,all he talked was intervals and i thought,hey thats a deep understanding of the instrument and music in general.and since i dont like memorizing stuff i keep pushing myself to learn the intervals around the root on guitar and it opened me a whole new dimension to me at least
Nice. Hier werden meine Gedanken in verständliche Worte übersetzt. Schon blöd wenn man weiß das es gut klingt aber nicht weiß warum es gut klingt. Jetzt kann ich dank dir endlich alles in Worte fassen. Danke dafür!!!
Just understood intervals by the R-7th. This month. Although was going to comment because right after i set the liquor bottle down you said “so you may want to grab some coffee” know i have watched this before, although after understanding i feel the foundation of music theory in such a way the last part hit so much harder with the third approach. Thank you bernth!
My twin and I were zwilling back some brewskis. Fun breakdown there B! 3 nps legato taught me speed at 50 years old that I never thought I could ever do. So I love that. However, I jam all guitar theory knowledge in my noggin that I can fit, no regrets. Thankfully I have a big head.
Thank you so much for this vid. I did not know I needed it before saw it. I have been jamming and improvising with my lady ( i.e basic guitar that I could afford). Now this makes me more excited and provides more tools to enjoy myself. ROCK on BROTHERS !.... SHRED the Zwilling, Zwilling SHRED!
I think it was Paul Gilbert who made the suggestion to think of your guitar like a bongo-drum or something. That will also help to come up with rhythmical a bit more interesting ideas when improvising. It's funny... I never understood what the CAGED system really was (and to be honest - I never really bothered getting more into detail). I just skipped all the videos and tutorials after 5-10 minutes. Well and here comes Bernth - explaining it perfectly in just 2 minutes 🤘
I'm a beginner sir but I learned alot the way you do the topic and teaching. You don't have a long long intro😁 compared to the other. I really appreciate to your effort being a excellent teacher,just because never hide your talent in your pocket. Just continue aspire people sir. May my God bless you more... Keep it up. Worthy for the support of your channel
The most excellent way anyone has ever explained this. I think you were going to take me from where I am now to the next level so I just want to say thank you dude. And I am not a shredder but I've already learned a lot I haven't even finished the video yet so thank you and thank you
7:33-8:13 that is an only 40 seconds explanation but it might take what...2 years may be in order to completely master it. Lot's of work Bernt is giving us!
Hey Bernth, greetings from Brasil! You have the best channel on UA-cam to teach guitar lessons and guitar solos just because you is the BEST teacher that i saw. You really make things look easy, not just anyone who can do it like you. Friendly english, a lot of skills and tips and a HUGE knowledge on the guitar and about music! This is my feedback. I will join your course 10-week online guitar soon. Thank you!
This video right here is one of the best videos on all of UA-cam. For many including myself, I'm sure :-) your explanation skills are outstanding and the graphics to assist explaining are spot on. So very well done to you and your team (if you have one!) Ps Zwilling
I so appreciate the no nonsense approach in this video. Most guitar guys on line make you suffer through endless jibber-jabber and superfluous crud before during and after the meat of their content. But not Bernth, thankfully, he gets right down to business. And I greatly appreciate that! Thanks Bernth!
When I started playing guitar, I only learned chords. By playing chords, I understood intervals up and down the neck. So, when I look at CAGED, it shows exactly how I think of the neck, more or less. Until I need to add a flat 9, 11th, or 13th. Then CAGED kind of falls apart (you have to convert the notes into registers in your head). Same with 3 notes per string. You get 7 positions and can play the notes, but it's hard to understand how they fit into the chords you're playing around. So, for me, without calling it such, understanding the intervals is a stronger method because you can borrow notes from exotic scales, and still make your solo make sense in the structure of the chords.
Not a shredder here but a Rock, Fusion, Jazz player. I appreciate your encompassing perspective and the clarity of your explanations. You might include modes a bit more though.
Not everybody is Zwilling to do the work to learn the entire fretboard, I'm still working on that, but I hope to progress enough to shred some day. Thanks for the videos, great work and it really illustrates the evolution we need to go through in order to shred and improvise better.
Dude I love the new graphics you used for the video, I'm only 30 seconds in and can feel how much effort you've put into improving your production quality. And now that I finished the video, Zwilling lol
It seems like I was somehow learning scales with intervals already since I still after 20 years, haven't memorized the notes on the fretboard nor the notes on each scale, so it was much easier to think in intervals. I think I may apply these methods to finally learn some scales. zwilling!
Great lesson! Very illuminating. I’ve played guitar and quit for years because I was stuck playing the same shot over and over stumbling around the fretboard and couldn’t progress. Two decades later during this covid BS I bought two guitars and would like to learn how to play & shred!🤘 Thanks for the videos B
As an intermediate guitarist, I think *strictly* in terms of 5 pentatonic shapes of Am all across the fretboard when improvising. Either i pick A minor backing track or it's relative major which is C major backing track. So, if I come upon a backing track in say something random like F# major, I'll apply D#m penatonic shape thinking to improv. 🤘(Relative minor = just 3 frets down)
I mastered caged and 3nps system but I feel not good when I improv. Watching the third one made me understand why. Thanks to your video finally I know how to approach fast progression following it instead of just using one scale or switching betweend pentatonic/minor scale. Say thanks to you is not enough!
First time seeing one of Bernth's videos. Long time aimless noodler here. I am probably more into learning jazz than metal/shred but this video was very good for my short attention span. I haven't seen anyone explain CAGED so quickly and concisely. If this video is representative, I am thinking of signing up on patreon.
Which system do YOU use for your solos? 🎸 Get your CAGED video workout and PDF course workbook here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘
VERY GOOD WORK VIDÉO...!👏✌..FOR INITIATION GUITARS PLAYERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE NEED NAME CHORDS SCALES!!✌☝👍..THIS IS A VERY GOOD FASHION TO SHOW CHORDS AND SCALES ALL ALONG THE FINGERBOARD..👏👏👏👏👏✋👊👌✌👍😄
I'm not a shredder, I'm traditional Irish/ folk acoustic guitar player and singer. You're lesson are excellent. There's no bullshit. Keep up the good work!
@@fiachoconnor EVERYTHING BERNTH DOES IS AWESOME AND GO TO THE END OF ALL GUITAR ELECTRIC TECHNIC.....✋👌✌😀😀
I think I stumbled into the interval approach years ago when I finally decided I had to learn theory. As I transitioned from alternative and punk to metal. Wherever I start I can connect notes and scales and know where my roots and fifths are and where I can bend a flat 7th to a root or whatever. My shredding skills today aren't what they were a few years ago cuz life gets in the way of practicing... but it's very easy for me to improvise rock leads.
3 NPS using intervals for mode shapes, chords and arpeggios
this video is GOLD. Two years of school and I didn't get the CAGED they way you just explained it in 2 minutes. Sick!
I need to go to school to understand what he's saying lol
i know. wtf. ive been using caged for chords but for arpeggios and scales is wild and mind blowing
I started with CAGED and loved the way it interlocked like LEGO, with its close relationship to pentatonic scales and chords/arpeggios. Later on I got heavily into 3NPS with its beautiful symetrical patterns and ease with which to play at high velocity. I combine them freely at this time depending on my musical needs at that moment. This is a great video.
LEGO?
@@M7M777777 Indeed. :)
I read “3NPS” as “NPH” for Neil Patrick Harris. I have no explanation as to why.
Bernth is one of the best teachers that we have now.
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Yes.
Literally never understood caged until this video lol 😂
No, he is definitely not.
@@WarthDader74 Can you please recommend a better one?
Being an online learning guitarist I’ve made no sense of the CAGED system til this video. Breakthrough!! Thank you!!!
Dude you should check out Scott Paul Johnson’s explanation of it. His 3 videos on the caged system and phrasing (mainly the part 2 of phrasing
This is probably the best "caged" explanation I've seen. 🤘
I have been watching Bernth for about 2 weeks now. There's always been a thing I thought u was missing. Like why can't I play like a pro. I've been playing since I was 12yrs old. I've James with alot of good players and have kept up and if not shined on my blues licks. This guy is for real. Just running thu his motions have got me scaling like I never thought. So happy I found your you tube. I'm subscribed and am thinking of joining patron as well. Ty Bernth
Starting out in scale study, one should commit to memory the five positions of the pentatonic scale. By doing this your ear will train and muscle memory will eventually guide you into useful melody. The next step is to understand modes, the circle of fifths is a good study to grasp modal concepts and for transposing keys. Once introduced to the circle of fifths, ad the two diatonic notes that are missing from the pentatonic scale you are now familiar with. Keep track of the root note locations, challenge yourself to combine shapes as you improvise melody and run up and down the scale. There are many paths you can take when you know the positions and their shapes, so try to make the same melody using a different path. You will become more familiar with your fretboard as time passes and find yourself making mental notes in your discoveries as you play. The caged system is a limited tool that is worth understanding but does not replace a more complete approach that starts with the relationship of the notes pertaining to key and root. It takes about an hour to learn to play through a pentatonic scale position with confidence, there are five positions and the patterns are the same for both major and minor (just separated by three frets). Applying the two added diatonic notes is a piece of cake in the weeks that follow. Within three months, you should be able to transpose (easy) and use modes effectively (harder). You will discover that you don’t always have to get the modal notes right in your improvising to sound good. Sometimes mixing modes can make your music better so don’t be too afraid of the passing notes and getting them wrong once in a while because they are not necessarily wrong in theory, they just aren’t the modal notes. For example, substituting the Dorian note for the Aeolian note in a lick will hardly set off alarms in most cases, and it is common place to play minor over major or major over minor. None of this is hard, it just takes time.
One of the best videos that I've seen about "practical-theory"... Amazing... Hit the bull's eye!!!
Thanks from Brazil!!!
I like how you keep switching the diagrams left to right right to left...keeps attention span at bay just full on concentration is needed to keep in flow. Good job dude!
I have played for 55 years and I find your videos refreshing and encouraging. Thank you, Bernth!
Wait wait wait.. Im playin guitar 20 years, for the last couple I been tryin to understand the caged system but u made it so easy in 2 mins.! Hell yeah, thank u Bernth 🙏 u are my new grand wizard 😂 big shout out from Ireland 🍀🤙🏼
There are so many video's online trying to explain the CAGED system.. Most try to explain it as if they are J.Hendrix himself and just expect everyone watching to know music theory.
You did a perfect job!
You took your time to explain the 'simple' things, because they aren't as 'simple' for everyone.
Thank you for the great video!
I’m not a shredder, but I really appreciate how you lay out the CAGED system, and your approach to bringing Music Theory to the Fret Board.
I was so lost for years that I never learned how to pick guitar. This single lesson has been the most effective one I've learned ever. Thank you so much!
I have been following you for over a year. My guitar play has grown slot . This is one of your best videos ever. Thanks for helping me to play my guitar! So much fun !!
I was playing the "CAGED" system before it was pointed out to me. But using the "3NPS" to practice my scales & modes, (plus a lot of technique, alternate picking, & speed/synchronization is learned working the "3NPS"). Arpeggio credit has to go to just working them out from the chord & the "CAGED" system, because when it was pointed out to me that I was using the "CAGED" system, I had already found the arpeggios within it, I just didn't realize it. Now 30+ years later, I wish I knew I was utilizing those systems as it would have been much easier to learn arpeggios, modes, & especially how to use them in my solos and fills. Thank You Bernth! I really dig your videos my friend!
Zwilling
I've been neglecting learning the cage system all this time, but after hearing you explain it, It made me realized how much I was missing out, but now motivated to learn it and also the other topics u talked about Thanks to you Bernth!
These videos are priceless, I hope some of us get a chance to show you the new generation of shredders you’ve helped create
Your explanation is next level.... I understand the things that I was struggling for years ✨ thank you
Funny thing: when I started playing (about 30 yrs ago), that third mysterious system is kind of the first thing I learned: recognizing intervals between positions on the fretboard. After that, because of a Frank Gambale video mid nineties, I started with the 3-notes-per-string method. Which btw I discovered that it is easy to remember that if you imagine that if you'd have an unlimited set of strings up and down, the same pattern of seven finger positions magically repeats itself: 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-2-4, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, 1-3-4 and 1-3-5 again. Finally, after all these years, I never looked into the CAGED system.. will look into that now. Haha.
Me too!, I learned 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-3-5, 1-2-4, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, 1-3-4 like the "universal" shape and just any mode starts in one of them. This is applicable to the other scales.
@@gustavogalindo8931 Also, I think this is why, in this perspective, 7 strings are more 'logical' than 6...
I've been following you since you was 50-60k subscribers and until now I'm learning, there have been many changes to my playing technique the way I improvise, it's very different from before I found your channel, and anyway thank you for always sharing a lot of this expensive knowledge for free On UA-cam, I hope you continue to do this to help out there guitarists like me. I will always support your channel, warm greetings from Indonesia!!!!!
I have been playing for 14 years, how have I not come across this method..? Now I’m mad! Thank you for the video, gives me a lot to work on!
Wow, the best compressed explanation of CAGED ever with all one needs to know - well done and all thumbs up!
Since I have multiple guitars that are tuned differently, I naturally started thinking about interval relations. For me, this had to happen to be able to improvise over any jam track with any tuning. It seems more of a universal language because it doesn't force people to tune their guitars the same.
Jamming with any track all by yourself your not put on spot. Jamming a track in front of people with guitar slightly out of tune that has lock down floyd rose or kaylor system whatever is fucked no matter. Move to the next track or entire different record. Maybe if your in tuned half step off or whole step and a half you can still follow .like Hole in the sky' is in open A) but standard tuning you can play F# fingering is different of course
Love it. The more I unlock the fretboard my playing confidence increases. More videos like this please
I would like to watch this video but 25yrs ago when I was starting to play. I got into all of this by discovering processes during the endless practice sessions over the years. I also needed real and deep music theory to mix things together and understand this and some beyond. For those that are starting, and don't know this, give this man his Patreon collaboration and save some years for yourself.
I've been playing guitar since 1989. This is by far the best (and only, but extremely clear) explanation of the CAGED system I've ever heard.
You are an excellent teacher!
I've tried watching videos on CAGED before but wasn't long before my ADD kicked in. Watched you explain it just now and I'm pissed off that it's that easy. Why doesn't anyone just tell you what it is?!? Subbed, you are my go-to now.
I’m just a beginner and I’m trying learn the scales and chords for playing electric guitar, but I’m not having real motivation for it it’s all really hard to get going and I’m being held back searching for a new guitar teacher for lessons, now I’m just having problems to decide if I need personal help or can learn more from apps and you tube
@@donacewatson1437 get a teacher
I was "raised" on 3nps and combined with improving my ear through interval exercises I'd say it's serving me pretty well in terms of visualizing the fretboard. I never learned caged but I certainly associate with seeing similar chordal shapes throughout scales...
Thanks for sharing! A combination of all these is a great way to go for sure :)
@@Bernthguitar The 3NPS system REALLLY helped me understand the modes and how they are all connected. Something cool I found is you can ALSO change your pentatonic scale into a 3NPS scale which can help make a really cool pattern.
Just last night I messed with the concept of 4NPS for each of the diatonic modes and it is actually really interesting to see HOW they land on the 3NPS systems.
Been watching your videos for about a year now. Happy to say I watch almost every single one that comes out, and you have improved my shredding 10x.
Thanks to the best guitar teacher I never had! shoutout from Canada man!
I studied classical uprightbass, and while gigging in musical theater pits and needing to sightread in a different key than written because the singer needed the range changed to suit their voice better, I stumbled upon the intervallic system out of necessity. (Even those of us who graduated from music school are continuously learning!)
But now that I'm learning guitar, I find the caged system is incredibly helpful, and the 3NPS system can be simply placed on top of it. And of course, I'm understanding both systems through the intervallic approach lens.
Great video!
Oh wow - as an acoustic player - turns out I've been using CAGED without knowing I'm using it! This insight to the fret steps and shapes is a real face palm...how did I not figure that out myself? Thank you so much for highlighting my ignorance! Brilliant! 3NPS is beyond me for now, but will definitely look into it for bass work...! Cheers form Australia
I am an ear-player professionally (in 2 bands and am considered the county's substitute string player if someone gets sick), and my brain uses the interval system. My genres are blues, country, southern rock, psychedelic rock, punk, reggae, ska, folk, and funk. That being said, I want to learn the caged system and the 3nps because I do feel a bit limited when it comes to speed. My usual practice (great for improv) is playing along with the weather channel. 24/7 changing music with no que to how it will change.
Thumbs up for another great video packed with information. I especially liked how you took the time to observe how each of the 3NPS shapes is consistent with a mode. That's invaluable to know, and it's something that's never been emphasized for me.
Great explanation of the CAGED system, and as I'm not from the metal/shred world, 3NPS is new to me. So thanks for the informative clip an others that I have seen on your channel. Zwilling!
The problem with soling based on “shapes” is that you’re stuck playing parts that are idiomatic to the guitar.
Taking musical lines from other instruments and figuring out fingerings for guitar is where a lot more fresh ideas come from.
I've been playing and thinking in intervals for years and it makes playing so much more fun. It's actually how I think of songs and why when you change keys but not whether it's major or minor and the song is still recognizable. The interval is what you hear in music and creates the song, not the notes or chords
You just clicked something in my brain about the modes and now I’m shredding! Thank you!
Holy s**t. I am a self0taught guitar player but a trained percussionist. I know all my scales and chords, but have struggled to translate that to shredding. Your explanation of the CAGED method rocked my playing. I have already improved my comfort on the board and am excited to keep practicing. Signed, a new subscriber
I watched 9 videos on the CAGED system before I got to this one, and this is the one that explained it in a simple enough manner for my addled brain. Thanks!
I did hit the subscribe button 10 second before you asked for it in the video ! 🤣
And I was thinking how did I missed you on UA-cam !?! you sound like a really good teacher, the explanations are very clear even for non natives like me.
I will patreon as soon as my wallet can handle it I sweaaaar THANK YOU !
yes to all.
Intervals is the way to go.
caged is the start. you get to the three notes through intervals, but you might not get to intervals through the 3 notes per string.
Love the mega man intro dude! 🤘🏻 and as always, awesome lesson
I instinctively use the major scale for soloing.. But I think I just learnt more about Guitar theory in 12 minutes, than I've ever known ! .. Thanks Bernth !..
The interval system is exactly what I was just hoping existed / what I was looking for. Hopefully you have another video where you go further into it.
Simplest and most efficient explanation of the caged system I’ve seem so far! 🤘🏻
Holy F*#@ dude. I've been learning and I've learned SO much, it's always easy to understand and makes sense. I've been teaching myself for years and trying to learn but BERNTH has taught me more in just a couple months of watching. Rock on BERNTH and thank you!
the interval system was occured to me when i watched a video of satriani and he didnt talk about notes at all,all he talked was intervals and i thought,hey thats a deep understanding of the instrument and music in general.and since i dont like memorizing stuff i keep pushing myself to learn the intervals around the root on guitar and it opened me a whole new dimension to me at least
Nice. Hier werden meine Gedanken in verständliche Worte übersetzt. Schon blöd wenn man weiß das es gut klingt aber nicht weiß warum es gut klingt. Jetzt kann ich dank dir endlich alles in Worte fassen. Danke dafür!!!
Just understood intervals by the R-7th. This month. Although was going to comment because right after i set the liquor bottle down you said “so you may want to grab some coffee” know i have watched this before, although after understanding i feel the foundation of music theory in such a way the last part hit so much harder with the third approach. Thank you bernth!
I watched this video, have been playing for about 15 minutes, and am a better guitar player than I have been for 20 years. Thank you so much.
This was actually the best and most efficient summary of these methods i ever saw =) and in total in less then 15 minutes...Great Job Bernth!
Wow, that was indeed a class hour. Finally I've understood something about those systems. Thank you, Bernth!
Holy shit this is the first video for me that actually made the caged system understandable a bit. Well done!
My twin and I were zwilling back some brewskis. Fun breakdown there B!
3 nps legato taught me speed at 50 years old that I never thought I could ever do. So I love that. However, I jam all guitar theory knowledge in my noggin that I can fit, no regrets.
Thankfully I have a big head.
I will be joining your patron shortly(today). I can hardly wait to expand my thoughts of the fretboard and theory.
Thank you so much for this vid. I did not know I needed it before saw it. I have been jamming and improvising with my lady ( i.e basic guitar that I could afford). Now this makes me more excited and provides more tools to enjoy myself. ROCK on BROTHERS !.... SHRED the Zwilling, Zwilling SHRED!
I think it was Paul Gilbert who made the suggestion to think of your guitar like a bongo-drum or something. That will also help to come up with rhythmical a bit more interesting ideas when improvising.
It's funny... I never understood what the CAGED system really was (and to be honest - I never really bothered getting more into detail).
I just skipped all the videos and tutorials after 5-10 minutes.
Well and here comes Bernth - explaining it perfectly in just 2 minutes 🤘
I just started learning Deutsch about 200 days ago. I love it. It's so easy to learn. Thanks for the Deutsch word of the tag!
I'm a beginner sir but I learned alot the way you do the topic and teaching. You don't have a long long intro😁 compared to the other. I really appreciate to your effort being a excellent teacher,just because never hide your talent in your pocket. Just continue aspire people sir. May my God bless you more... Keep it up. Worthy for the support of your channel
The most excellent way anyone has ever explained this. I think you were going to take me from where I am now to the next level so I just want to say thank you dude. And I am not a shredder but I've already learned a lot I haven't even finished the video yet so thank you and thank you
Wow, I dont know how many caged videos I have watched. Haha, who knew it would be so simple to explain. Great job! Thank You.
Wow! Super interesting! It's amazing how many ways there are of explaning mysic theory! You opened some doirs for me and for that i thank you!
Very quick and very well done, big compliment. My aim is to combine both systems in my solos.😊
Thanks for this Bernth I'm always looking for things that can help me get better at guitar
7:33-8:13 that is an only 40 seconds explanation but it might take what...2 years may be in order to completely master it. Lot's of work Bernt is giving us!
This is so great. Pure substance in your face. Bravo!
Hey Bernth, greetings from Brasil! You have the best channel on UA-cam to teach guitar lessons and guitar solos just because you is the BEST teacher that i saw. You really make things look easy, not just anyone who can do it like you. Friendly english, a lot of skills and tips and a HUGE knowledge on the guitar and about music! This is my feedback. I will join your course 10-week online guitar soon. Thank you!
I think sincerely that your guitar courses/videos are just the best 🤘
Thanks man its good to find your channel back
This video right here is one of the best videos on all of UA-cam. For many including myself, I'm sure :-) your explanation skills are outstanding and the graphics to assist explaining are spot on. So very well done to you and your team (if you have one!) Ps Zwilling
Wow. Would've been great to know this (cage) 20 years ago! The kids these days have no idea how good they have it
I so appreciate the no nonsense approach in this video. Most guitar guys on line make you suffer through endless jibber-jabber and superfluous crud before during and after the meat of their content. But not Bernth, thankfully, he gets right down to business. And I greatly appreciate that! Thanks Bernth!
Content was so good! I liked how you explained the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Tnx...
When I started playing guitar, I only learned chords. By playing chords, I understood intervals up and down the neck. So, when I look at CAGED, it shows exactly how I think of the neck, more or less. Until I need to add a flat 9, 11th, or 13th. Then CAGED kind of falls apart (you have to convert the notes into registers in your head). Same with 3 notes per string. You get 7 positions and can play the notes, but it's hard to understand how they fit into the chords you're playing around. So, for me, without calling it such, understanding the intervals is a stronger method because you can borrow notes from exotic scales, and still make your solo make sense in the structure of the chords.
I’ve been so confused about the caged system but now my mind feels blown as I realise it’s all connected
Wow first time I understood CAGED and Modes in one short video. Dude you do ROCK! now subscribed and bell rung!
Not a shredder here but a Rock, Fusion, Jazz player. I appreciate your encompassing perspective and the clarity of your explanations. You might include modes a bit more though.
Not everybody is Zwilling to do the work to learn the entire fretboard, I'm still working on that, but I hope to progress enough to shred some day. Thanks for the videos, great work and it really illustrates the evolution we need to go through in order to shred and improvise better.
Just like Ronnie Coleman says, "everybody wants to be a body builder, but don't no body wants to lift no heavy ass weights!"
Came across this channel like a week ago and my playing has really improved. You're one of the best teachers I've seen in a while 🙌
Dude a) you're a machine b) you're an incredible teacher
thanks man!!
Dude I love the new graphics you used for the video, I'm only 30 seconds in and can feel how much effort you've put into improving your production quality. And now that I finished the video, Zwilling lol
WTF?! My mind just was blown, the simplest explanation I’ve ever heard!
Was it ? Seemed to rush into it and I have no idea wtf he's on about
This was the best CAGED system explanation I’ve seen so far for a new guitarist! Thanks. You have a new subscriber.
It seems like I was somehow learning scales with intervals already since I still after 20 years, haven't memorized the notes on the fretboard nor the notes on each scale, so it was much easier to think in intervals. I think I may apply these methods to finally learn some scales. zwilling!
How has it gone for you? I'm in the same boat.
same here
am old guy. non shredder. love all your videos. I am learning
Oh mein Bernth:) Hab grade so viel gecheckt ! Wie gut wenn man das so schnell erklärt.
Came across this video, and it made a huge difference for me - been using modes but hasn't made the connect in CAGED chords over top - great video!!!
I love this Bernth!, thanks your an amazing teacher and guitarist! :)
Great lesson! Very illuminating.
I’ve played guitar and quit for years because I was stuck playing the same shot over and over stumbling around the fretboard and couldn’t progress.
Two decades later during this covid BS I bought two guitars and would like to learn how to play & shred!🤘
Thanks for the videos B
Very clearly explained , without a lot of fluff and rambling 👍
Hey thanx for using the petronas twin tower in your intro..feeling proud ..from Malaysia 🇲🇾..loves ur videos 🤘🏽🤘🏽
As an intermediate guitarist, I think *strictly* in terms of 5 pentatonic shapes of Am all across the fretboard when improvising.
Either i pick A minor backing track or it's relative major which is C major backing track. So, if I come upon a backing track in say something random like F# major, I'll apply D#m penatonic shape thinking to improv. 🤘(Relative minor = just 3 frets down)
D#m in this case
@@PauloRicardo-fc4li yeah D# plus 1 half step = E .
D# + 2 half steps = F
D# + 3 half steps = F#.
So yes, it's D# minor.
Been playing for over 20 years and this is the first time i learned CAGED sydtem
I mastered caged and 3nps system but I feel not good when I improv. Watching the third one made me understand why. Thanks to your video finally I know how to approach fast progression following it instead of just using one scale or switching betweend pentatonic/minor scale. Say thanks to you is not enough!
First time seeing one of Bernth's videos. Long time aimless noodler here. I am probably more into learning jazz than metal/shred but this video was very good for my short attention span. I haven't seen anyone explain CAGED so quickly and concisely. If this video is representative, I am thinking of signing up on patreon.
Very helpful! I was only aware of the CAGED system. Will definitely try to learn the other two. Thank you so much!
Just discovered this channel. You have a great approach and almost perfect technique. Great resource.
Liked the video. Clear, to the point , no nonsense.
Excellent video. Always looking for new ways to improvise and add colors to my playing. Zwilling!