In this lesson we introduce you to the CAGED system.
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JOIN THE DISCORD VIEW THREADI'm not entirely sure what you mean but of you play an E chord it always had the notes E-G# and B in it and that's the way you accomplish that with the shape. Also, notice your pinky is on the 7th fret of the A string in the C-shape because that's the E note, in the D-shape you pinky is on the fifth fret because that's the E note.Can someone tell me why this is? Suppose you are doing the E shape on the CAGED system. First you start with that camfire chord E. Okay, now you switch to fret 2 and do a D shape. Notice your pinky is the 5th fret. (D shape = one of your fingers will be on 5th anyway) Now you can finger the C but you go on fret 4 not 5. Why is that? Is it because you go where the last note goes or what?
Finding the same thing everywhere on the fretboard. It's effectively something you study religiously and when you know it very well it becomes second nature to the point where you forget it again while still being incredibly importantWhat is the point of the CAGED theory?
Notice for my "D Shape" my pinky is on the fifth fret. I was under the impression that your index finger goes to whichever fret your finger was furthest up on, but when you go up and switch to the "C Shape" your barre finger (index) goes to fret 4 and not fret 5.I'm not entirely sure what you mean but of you play an E chord it always had the notes E-G# and B in it and that's the way you accomplish that with the shape. Also, notice your pinky is on the 7th fret of the A string in the C-shape because that's the E note, in the D-shape you pinky is on the fifth fret because that's the E note.
Notice for my "D Shape" my pinky is on the fifth fret. I was under the impression that your index finger goes to whichever fret your finger was furthest up on, but when you go up and switch to the "C Shape" your barre finger (index) goes to fret 4 and not fret 5.
Yes that's right. The index finger always plays the lowest frets you need to play so that's fret 4 in the C shape when it's an ENotice for my "D Shape" my pinky is on the fifth fret. I was under the impression that your index finger goes to whichever fret your finger was furthest up on, but when you go up and switch to the "C Shape" your barre finger (index) goes to fret 4 and not fret 5.
Here Is my theoretical "C Shape" on fret 5. But you play it, it is not a E chord like it should be.
What is the point of the CAGED theory?
I still cant play the bar chords. The fingering gets better when you jam the arpeggios for a week or two. I'd worry about the arpeggios first. When your happy.. go back and try to finger the entire chord. You'll.be surprised at your progression.Did anyone else have trouble fingering any of the shapes going up the neck as bad as me or is my posture extremely horrible?? I can get past the original C shape with my 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers fine move that up into the A shape I'm still fine but when I go past that into G shape I find it a huge stretch and just get clunkerssuper frustrating but not going to give up!!!
The only issue here.. is you cant really change your minor into another chord with your pinky in the back.. that's a hard transformation. But I could be wrong.. people finger many chords different ways.Notice for my "D Shape" my pinky is on the fifth fret. I was under the impression that your index finger goes to whichever fret your finger was furthest up on, but when you go up and switch to the "C Shape" your barre finger (index) goes to fret 4 and not fret 5.