Scott Paul Johnson

Office Hours Q&A 216 | Fingerpicking and Song Dynamics, CAGED vs Box numbers, speaker cables

Added 2025-08-27 13:00:03 +0000 UTC

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Hi Everyone,

You missed this one, buy you can always catch the next one - every Thursday at 10AM.

Here are the questions for this week:

Question one: Ray asked about having multiple fingerpicking patters in a song

Question two: Ray was asking about the difference between the pentatonic boxes with numbers and the CAGED pentatonic scales

Question three: Davin was wondering about how speaker cables are different from guitar cables and wether he should use TS or TRS cables

Here's how it works: bring your questions to the comments below, the Office Hours community forum thread, or save them for the live chat! Questions can be about anything you want - guitar technique, music theory, gear, songwriting - your choice! Also, feel free to link a video of you playing if you have a technique question!

I'll do my best to answer your questions and give examples of how you develop skills related to your question.

Keep in mind, you can always watch later if you can't make it live! Check back a few hours after the stream for a numbered list of each question and a timestamped link to each answer.

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