Jerry Cherry | Pitting The Cherry

Hello Cherries! An arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played one after another instead of at the same time, creating a "rippling" or "harp-like" sound. In this video I'll show you how to play over a 1-4-5 progression across the fretboard with arpeggios outlining chords from the CAGED System. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great weekend Everybody 🎸

Hello Cherries! There's an easy systematic way to play arpeggios across the entire fretboard. An arpeggio is a broken chord where the notes are played one after another instead of at the same time, creating a "rippling" or "harp-like" sound. I'll play Arpeggios that match the CAGED system, five distinct shapes that correspond to the C, A, G, E, and D chord shapes. Each shape represents the notes of a specific arpeggio and can be moved up the neck to play the same arpeggio in different keys, creating a connected "map" for the entire fretboard. This allows you to see the connection between chords and arpeggios and helps with improvisation. In this video I'll show you how to play over a 1-4-5 progression across the fretboard with arpeggios outlining chords from the CAGED System. Enjoy the video and have a great weekend Everybody.

Hello Cherries! I hope that you had a beautiful Thanksgiving. If there is one system out there that creates a framework for seeing the full guitar fretboard and systematically organizing what you can play it's the CAGED System. You can play any chord using these 5 shapes that revolve over and over. In this video I teach this using the most popular chord progression in music, 1-4-5. Imaging playing your favorite chord progression in one area and soloing over it. You can do that in 5 different positions giving you the ultimate freedom to play up and down the neck. Change the G, C, D into Dominant 7th chords and you have a Blues progression. All these shapes are meant to be altered. Master the fretboard and have fun with this. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great weekend Everybody.

Hello Cherries! One of the most useful things for learning to navigate the guitar fretboard more effectively is a concept called the C.A.G.E.D. System! It's just an acronym for the 5 shapes of the C, A, G, E, and D chords. As you move these 5 shapes across the fretboard, they don't change but the chords do. So you're using the same shapes to play different chords. Visualizing an "imaginary capo" at a specific fret is an excellent way to understand and apply the movable shapes. In this video I play the popular 1-4-5 chord progression over the full fretboard. You'll play the 1-chord using one shape, the 4-chord using a different shape, and the 5-chord using yet another shape, connecting them across the fretboard and navigating the 1-4-5 progression through all five positions. I'd say that this is the foundation of music. This is the 1st step in a series on what you can do with this system. Enjoy the video and have a great weekend Everybody 🎸😊

Hello Cherries! Bending notes in tune is the difference between sounding like an amateur or like a pro. To bend notes in tune, use two or three fingers for support, bend the string up (or down for lower strings) using wrist/forearm rotation, and most importantly, train your ear by playing the target note first, then bending to match it, repeating until your muscle memory and ear align, focusing on reaching the exact pitch of the note that's one or two frets higher. Enjoy the video and have a great weekend Everybody 🎸😊

Hello Cherries! I would like to thank all the Veterans for their service 💜 The harmonic major scale is a major scale with a single altered note: a flattened (minor) sixth degree. This seemingly minor change from the traditional major scale creates a distinctive, "refreshing" sound that blends the familiar brightness of major harmony with a more poignant, mysterious tension, often described as exotic or melancholic. In todays video I'll show you the easiest approach to adding this to your playing. We'll run through the 7 diatonic triads of the major scale. Then we'll slightly adjust "one note" and you'll get some very cool chords. I say "refreshing" because you can take something so simple like the major scale and make a slight change that opens up a world of new sounds. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great week Everybody 🎸 ❤️