Description
Unlock the mysteries of your guitar fretboard and expand your playing horizons with this fun and practical 4-week workshop focused on the powerful CAGED system! Designed for ALL Levels, this class is perfect for guitarists looking to connect their familiar chords, understand how to play those chords in any key, anywhere on the neck, and confidently explore the entire fretboard. Over four engaging and relaxed sessions, we’ll demystify how these five familiar open chords provide the framework for making sense of the entire guitar fretboard and how to easily move your playing from one key to another. You’ll discover how your basic open chords are the secret to unlocking the entire neck, learning to slide them up and down the fretboard to find different chords, and connect your CAGED chord shapes across the fretboard, making sense of how different positions relate. Most importantly, you’ll learn the simple secrets of transposition using CAGED, showing you how to take a song you know in one key and easily play it in any other key anywhere on the neck, without memorizing all new shapes. Transform your understanding of the guitar and break free from open position, gaining the freedom to play in any key, all in a supportive and enjoyable group setting! Get ready to play! Any style of working guitar is welcome. If bringing an electric guitar please also come equipped with a portable amplifier. This ALL Levels class welcomes players with a basic level of guitar playing familiarity. Prerequisite: Participants must be able to comfortably play the open/basic C, A, G, E, and D chords.
Born into a musical family, RL Hegarty has been a live musician and multi-instrumentalist since the age of five. He combines his deep passion for the blues with extensive training under legendary figures, including Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen, W.C. Handy Award-winner and Grammy-nominated artist Paul Rishell, and Independent Music Award-winner Ernie Hawkins, as well as having studied at Berklee.
