Overview Of EDCAG – The Minor Version of The CAGED System – Lesson 34

[William B.]

I have the same issue; I can only place the pinky on the high E. Now I just came across that I can use the pinky nail side of the pink to bar it... it is very painful. I doubt I have seen anyone try this method... I will try this method for now and see if I can gain some tolerance.

Try the chord first starting with the pinky barred and then add the other fingers/notes of the chord. From the bottom up. That was working for me but it puts a lot of strain.

It's the G minor chord right?

 

[Alexander]

Try the chord first starting with the pinky barred and then add the other fingers/notes of the chord. From the bottom up. That was working for me but it puts a lot of strain.

It's the G minor chord right?

Well, the G minor barre shape. My middle and ring finger already experience strain that my pinky hardly has any mobility or leverage to press down on three strings.

 

[Ed Seith]

This system is not entirely about playing all the chords this way. Very few people could make an effective GMaj or Gm chord ring out with a barre.

Understand the shapes and how portions of them make smaller chords, diads and triads, and form the basis for a lot of sweep/arpeggio stuff. It can help you make sense of the theory of the fretboard. No one should try to do this:

5
5
2
2
4
5

You can hurt yourself that way.

 

[ConanTheBarber]

The human hand has no business in making that Dmin chord. Impossible for me