The Little Guitar Book That Could: Fourteenth Position

This LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD showcases the C A G E D chord and scale sequence exclusively in the FOURTEENTH POSITION, for all to see, use and reference. But, before thumbing through this book, there's some subject matter that the guitarist may need reminding of...even though he or she may have played for years. For example, in this book, six is the exact number of consecutive frets involved in the FOURTEENTH POSITION, and each guitar position spans a full two octaves plus a perfect fourth when in standard tuning. Also, when in this guitar position the second and third fingers on the fretting hand are to remain stationary in their respective frets or "slots", initially, as their stationary qualities allow the first and or fourth finger to stretch or slide to those notes in the outermost frets. As for the picking hand, a very useful and important picking pattern occurs down by the sound hole or bridge where the picking hand resides a majority of time. This picking pattern involves every other string and is best evidenced when the core root notes, or main root notes, in the FOURTEENTH POSITION are plucked alphabetically, starting with the G root note located on the first or thinnest guitar string. The specific string picking pattern begins by picking the G root there (first string, second finger); then A (third string, first finger); C (fifth string, second finger); D (second string, second finger); E (fourth string, first finger) and conclude with the G (sixth string, second finger). The one-three-five-two-four-six string pattern naturally fits the picking hand and is looped forwards or backwards (six-four-two-five-three-one) as the G root notes are deemed interchangeable. That said, there are three terms that need brief clarification for the purposes of this LITTLE GUITAR BOOK...those being main root notes, octaves and unisons. What are main root notes? Generally speaking, main root notes represent a specific core set of root notes that fall or cluster under the second and third fingers of the fretting hand as it resides in the position itself. However, there are two instances in the FOURTEENTH POSITION where the main root notes are played using the first and fourth fingers, both of which are an exception of sorts, yet musically valid. Once the location of each C A G E D main root note is memorized, the attention then moves to their matching octaves. Octaves are defined as the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its own frequency. Some correctly call the interval a "perfect octave", and in guitarland, octaves are usually "one string one fret away". This handy fact helps memorize their location even though, occasionally, two strings and or two frets are involved (the same concept applies in that there will be some sort of string skipping.) Last is the term unison, which is defined as when two or more music notes happen to sound the exact same pitch. In guitarland, this heavily implies "same note different string or fret", and the unison itself occurs in the guitar position at hand. So that's it! This LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the FOURTEENTH POSITION remains uncomplicated, straightforward and very practical to use. Its visual based "picture worth a thousand words" format allows one to take full musical advantage of the fretboard material right away. You'll have fun discovering some fresh perspectives on the same old efforts, while also adding some new twists and turns to your own fingering technique. Plus, THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD for the FOURTEENTH POSITION here also contains generous amounts of both manuscript and fretboard paper too!...plenty of room to jot down your musical ideas. To close, thank you very kindly for welcoming THE LITTLE GUITAR BOOK THAT COULD into your library of fretboard knowledge needs...Enjoy!