The Art of Fusion 5 - Chords and CAGED System

Maurice Arenas covers a wide range of jazz and fusion chords through the lens of the CAGED system — the idea that the five basic open shapes (C, A, G, E, D) repeat in a circle up the fingerboard, so every chord quality you learn becomes available anywhere on the neck. He demonstrates each quality through all five CAGED forms, then adds a collection of his favorite fusion voicings.

What's covered

• How the CAGED "circle" works across the entire fingerboard, with a game plan for learning all five columns of each chord
• All 5 CAGED forms for major, minor, augmented, diminished, and 6th chords
• Major 7th, major 9th, and major 6/9 (the classic Chet Atkins / Lenny Breau / Joe Pass ending chord)
• Minor 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 6/9, minor 7(b5), and minor/major 7th
• Dominant forms: 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, and altered dominants (#9, #11, b9, b13)
• Tricks like moving diminished forms every three frets, in the style of Wes Montgomery
• Fusion voicings used by Holdsworth, McLaughlin, Gambale, Towner, and DiMeola — including some taken straight from the piano voicings of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea
• Bonus footage on the kinesiology of playing: fine details of left- and right-hand technique

Maurice closes with practice habits and a regimen for getting complex chords and progressions under your fingers efficiently. The video comes with a PDF booklet of the chord forms.