You Can Master All 7th-Note Chords
There is nothing new here. This master exercise combines all previous exercises. For best results, sing along with the numbers at the correct pitch.
The full master exercise goes like this:
- I – II – III – IV – V – VI – VII (up the scale)
- I – VII – VI – V – IV – III – II (down the scale)
- I – IV – VII – III – VI – II – V (cycle of 4th)
- I – III – V – VII – II – IV – VI (cycle of 3rd)
All you have to do is check that you’re playing this correctly in the key of A, along with the videos above.
Then do it in the 11 remaining keys. If you can do this, you know your chords and can stop practising them all. You have reached the goal of the self-eliminating practice routine – to stop practising chords.
Chords | Related Pages
Chords | Step-by-step guitar course
The CAGED system is the best way to organize the guitar fretboard. Starting with the open-position chords, we extend and connect them in this chords course.
Follow the 8 steps of the self-eliminating practice routine to map out the fretboard, it will be the best thing you’ve ever done.
Arpeggios | Ionian
In this final step, we play all arpeggios around the Ionian CAGED shapes. This is easy if you can play all CAGED chords around the major scale.
Videos demonstrate this in the key of A. To complete this step and master the CAGED arpeggio shapes, you must practice in all keys.
Chordacus
Spytunes chords, scale, and arpeggio software, Chordacus is a refined version of the so-called CAGED system.
Now available as both a chromatic (original version) and “within a key”, developed with the help of a Spytunes student.
About me | Dan Lundholm
This was a guitar lesson about the chords master exercise, by Dan Lundholm. Discover more about him and learn guitar with Spytunes.
Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.