In this week's guitar lesson, we'll do a deep dive into 1 of the 5 CAGED System chord shapes and showcase all of the things you can do within this one "container". I'll highlight 9 of the essentials! To download the MP3 jam track and TAB (for the song demonstrated at the end) and to download the PDF printout of the 9 scales and chords, visit: https://www.activemelody.com/lesson/the-caged-system-c-shape-9-essential-tools-that-live-within-the-c-shape-guitar-lesson-ep556/ 0:00 - Introduction 0:20 - The CAGED System (brief overview) 0:53 - The 9 tools that we'll cover 02:16 - What is the "C Position" 03:03 - E Major Chord (C Shape) 03:04 - How to find the chord (by the root note) 05:02 - E Major Scale (C Shape) 06:13 - E Major Pentatonic Scale (C Shape) 06:56 - E Major 7 Chord (C Shape) 08:12 - E Dominant 7 Chord (C Shape) 09:33 - E Mixolydian Scale (C Shape) 11:09 - E Minor Chord (C Shape) 12:40 - E Natural Minor Scale (C Shape) 14:01 - E Minor Pentatonic Scale (C Shape) 15:23 - E9 and E6 Chord (C Shape) 15:50 - How to play in a different key 18:31 - Song example 19:26 - Chromatic example