there is absolutely no reason why understanding what you are doing prevents you from being intuitive,
my playing is intuitive, but after i have discovered something, i am curious to work out what it was and make a note of it, so i dont forget it,
a case in point was my arrangement of bushes and briars, which i play on the guitar and is in standard tuning but, which i discoverd by accident by moving a shape down two frets, out of curiosity i then worked out what i was doing, an e modal chord down to a dmodal 6 /9, down to a different d modal inversion[ the last chord was one that i discoverd by the other method writing out, so i used a mixture of intuition, and knowledge of the fingerboard.
furthermore i would never have discovered the e modal chord up the neck if i hadnt made a diagram of the fingerboard.
Ralphie, which a7 shape are youtalking about?
there is more than one, which is another thing people discover if they take the time to make a diagram of the finger board.
incidentally cgcgcd is generally known as orkney tuning[ which is worth googling, as there are anumber of sites, giving help with this tuning which Tim may find useful.
here is bushes and briars which i discovered through amixture of intuition and finger board knowledge. Ralphie you are incorrect in insinuating tht i dont use intuition i do, but i am curious to know what i have discoverd by intuition so i make anote of it.
Murray youare right neither does it stop pierre bensusan playing some amazing things in dadgad, but he is an extraordanirily talented guitarist.
bushes and briars discovered by intuition, messing around with shapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVFPeU0YQU