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Guitar Lessons in San Francisco with Jay Skyler (415)845-5471
Intro: Scale Diagrams- The CAGED System
Written by Jay Skyler   


My method is partially based on what is called the CAGED system.

 This system breaks the guitar down into five different hand positions based, none of which force us to play a note more than 1 fret above or below the four 'home frets' our fingers center on.

 This is a physically based system. It allows us to play without really stretching our fingers apart much at all. It's in line with modern sports medicine in regards to safe and efficient muscle movement.

If your wondering why its called the CAGED system, its because it is based on the shapes of the basic open chords C, A, G, E, D, which  repeat themselves 5 times every 12 frets. The guitars design and irregular tuning tuning system is designed 100% for our hand, with no regard for ease of understanding or memorization.


 
 

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One of my students Jaime recently moved back to Spain to get married. I'd like to wish him and his new wife the best of luck!

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"Last Saturday was my wedding!!

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I highly recommend Jay in helping you learn how to play...

"Rather than only memorizing the basics, he highly encouraged me to be as creative as possible in finding my own style, and writing my own original music from the very beginning"

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"I took lessons from Jay for about 11 months (only stopped because career moved me to Boston) and learned more than I thought possible given my age / complete lack of dexterity.

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"Best Guitar Teacher I've Ever Had‎!"

"He teaches all the little tricks professional guitarists know, but don't teach in books. These are the things that separate rock stars from amateurs. I knew nothing about playing guitar when I met Jay in December, and now I'm about three months away from starting my own band."

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Guitar Lessons in San Francisco with Jay Skyler  - tel/vm: (415) 845-5471 - Studio Address: 143 Turk St. Studio #11  San Francisco, CA 94102 U.S.A
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