Hi Burr Brown here from England.
Thought I’d introduce myself, been playing on & off for 20 years but seriously for about 8.
Had lessons from 2 teachers who graduated from Mi California.
I had very nearly Cracked the Code already before finding this site but always want to find new things to learn/ new ways to see the fret board, and see how other people do it.
I Learned CAGED triads , then Pentatonics, then horizontally, then discovered relative minor - what a God Send, Then filled in the extra notes and converted to 3 NPS in the 7 positions, then horizontally again, and then realised that all 5 Pentatonics for all 3 Major and Minor chords in a standard Scale/Mode ( for want of a quicker description) exist within the parent scale (in the order of CAGED).
I think it’s best to visualise the fret board in as many ways as you can/need to give you more options, eventually it all starts blending into one.
I learned all the Scale patterns (pentatonics or otherwise) by simply jamming to a backing track in whatever key ( Say G Major) and built up the patterns over 2 weeks or so for an hour a night - guess what, this is actually fun! - Had to drum it in for about 3 months in total.
Technique - getting there at last!
Thanks BB
