The Secret to Playing Chords ANYWHERE on the Fretboard Without Moving your Hand Position

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3 ай бұрын

The 4 Fret Zone is The Secret to playing chords anywhere on the Fretboard. With this simple method, you can play any chord progression anywhere on the fretboard without moving your hand's playing position using the CAGED guitar system!
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@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

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@Just2Rusty 3 ай бұрын

Hey Sam! I purchased the pdf a little while ago but couldn't get the download to work. Is there anywhere I can go for support to fix? Thanks!

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

you should receive an email confirmation followed by another email with a download link (the 2nd email can take a few minutes to arrive) to test everything is working, I just went through the checkout process myself and had no issues receiving both emails and downloading the poster! could you confirm if you received 2 emails? also check your junk mail incase it ended up there!

@Just2Rusty 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar definitely got both emails including the pdf download. However anytime I downloaded it and tried to view it, it would only open as a tiny compressed thumbnail. Tried opening in different browsers and adobe acrobat but the same prob. Happy to send a screenshot if needed

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Drop me an email samjamguitar@hotmail.com and I will get a copy sent to you direct👌

@JKn1412 3 ай бұрын

Honestly one of the simplest, well made, and to the point caged guides on yt I've seen so far

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's much appreciated 👌

@sabaokangan 3 ай бұрын

This changed everything for me. I’m 9 yrs old and a complete beginner . Thank you

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! 9 years old? Keep it up and you will be great!

@inquisitivenessandcontempl9918 3 ай бұрын

You are tremendously lucky to have encountered that guide in the very beginning of your guitar journey:)

@shirleymental4189 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar I'm 3 years old

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

😂

@MGM261 3 ай бұрын

The 4 fret zone idea is GOLD. I have always built my triads trying to stay on the same set of strings or hand position. This method makes it even easier and faster on the fly!

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@PeterKertesz2013 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for broadening the horizons of the blues guitar students in the people's key!! This is a very useful idea.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@thebigjuggalobowski 3 ай бұрын

Realizing that E and A form chords are played when the roots on n the E and A string was crazy, but noticing the C and G ARE THEIR RELATIVES really took things over the edge here.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

It's great when the pieces all start coming together👌

@shelceygusek427 Ай бұрын

What?

@Samjamguitar Ай бұрын

The E shape shares the same root as the G shape. The A shape shares the same root as the C shape.

@ScriptFlipr 3 ай бұрын

your explanation is as smooth as your voice, well done !

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@CalvinLimSH-ld5le 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing how you can play all your guitar chord progression in any 4 frets box position by finding the root note.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@uncleshoulder 13 күн бұрын

This gave me the same feeling I got when I learned how to ride a bike. Thank you so much❤

@Samjamguitar 2 күн бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@NKN82 3 ай бұрын

Great voice and articulation! I fall asleep like a baby in first 2 minutes 👍😉👍

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Sleep tight.

@danmcclew Ай бұрын

Amazing lessons. Best simplified guitar tutorials i have seen on youtube by an absolute mile. Well done and thanks

@Samjamguitar Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@fredfart666 3 ай бұрын

I love how his concepts remain simple and overpowered.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@gridlock489 3 ай бұрын

It’s so very important to limit complexity when learning the fretboard! You do a wonderful job at it

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BasementBerean 3 ай бұрын

Keep your hand in the same place and move the guitar!

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

🤣... I like it!

@MeatCatCheesyBlaster 3 ай бұрын

If only they could build a machine to do this automatically

@GO-cp4us 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing as usual, your way of explaining is astonishing

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Douglas_I 3 ай бұрын

So many of your videos wind up on my "favorite guitar lessons" playlist and this one is no different! Great video! This is extremely useful!

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks! glad you are enjoying them!

@nadiaaraujo209 2 ай бұрын

I like to watch this channel when I can't have my guitar around to practice, you know..work on music theory a lil. But all I can think of watching this video is 'I need my guitar ASAP' . When I became a legendary guitarist this channel will be on my Oscar speech 😂

@michaelrfalkowski2446 3 ай бұрын

This is how to apply CAGED chords!

@anncarulli9823 2 ай бұрын

Amazing!!! I’m a noob, i learned 4 things from this 6 min video!! Some obvious but connected things c shape and g shape new to me

@Samjamguitar 2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@darda2449 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much from this subscriber! I've just been trying this with the Chuck Wayne chord system, more sophisticated chords! So far, so good. How did I miss this easier way? The movement in the chords is smooth, with no dramatic leaps; the voice leading is pleasant and emminently musical. I've been trying a similar idea, but I like yours better - It's just more useful and simple is usually better.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@inquisitivenessandcontempl9918 3 ай бұрын

That's brilliant. Genuinely simple but yet complex.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@michaelvarney. 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Some 4 fret positions might require a shift if you wish to do full voicings. For instance if one of your 4 fret groupings shift up one or two frets from the previous one.

@Chimp_No_1 Ай бұрын

Incredibly helpful ! Thank you for sharing !

@Samjamguitar Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@atomsofstardust 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, man!👏🏻Your videos helped me A LOT to better understand and conceptualize the fretboard and guitar playing in general!🙏🏻 Please, never stop making these awesome tutorials, you really have a way how to quickly yet easily explain rather challenging concepts! Ty so much👍🏻

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to help!

@mrbubbies_ 3 ай бұрын

incredible video, even more so since i finally understand the caged system now

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Great Thanks! be sure to watch the CAGED playlist linked at the end of this video (and in the description) to dive deeper into the CAGED system!

@OmnipotentO 3 ай бұрын

Expertly explained

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@tonypistilli7111 Ай бұрын

This is life changing for me! thanks so much.

@Playsinvain 3 ай бұрын

Mind blown!

@almannino3153 3 ай бұрын

Just the best can make complicated things so simple. Love this channel.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👌

@ShadowD2C 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson, looking forward to more intermediate lessons

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

More to come!

@jerryzhang7124 3 ай бұрын

cool application of the caged system

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ray3mondo 3 ай бұрын

Excellent, Sam. Thanks.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@wagonet 2 ай бұрын

so cool. thanks. gonna practice this.

@Samjamguitar 2 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@The73275 3 ай бұрын

Great video, bravo Samjam

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@itsmarmalade 3 ай бұрын

Awesome.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@trusarmor4957 3 ай бұрын

your vids are amazingly insightful👏👏👏

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou!!

@1oolabob 3 ай бұрын

I think a 4-fret zone is useful by allowing you to play several chords in that zone without needing to look at the fretboard.

@joegriffithsmusic 3 ай бұрын

You can also do this to produce any scale, arpeggio ect... I normally use 5 fret limits for that. Is also great for changing scales in one are of the fretboard and for learning to play over chord chnages in one area too

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

correct!

@dry509 3 ай бұрын

Can you explain how to use it for scale or arpeggio or too complicated?

@joegriffithsmusic 3 ай бұрын

@@dry509 Sure! So the idea is that within any five fret limit there are the 12 chromatic notes. So theoretically you should be able to play any scale, chord, arpeggio, mode ect... within that area. So say so you wanted to make all of your major scales, for example. You actually don't need any scale diagrams from the internet or a book or whatever. You can make them all yourself, as long as you know the notes in that major scale. Give it a go, in the first five frets, try to make a F major scale, then a F# major scale, G major scale ect... If you don't know what notes make up them scales then of course search that up for the time being, but once you eventually know how to make the notes in any scale you can basically get whatever shape you want.

@dry509 3 ай бұрын

@@joegriffithsmusic Great. Thanks for the explanation.

@joegriffithsmusic 3 ай бұрын

@@dry509 All good

@user-tz9fr4kb9d 3 ай бұрын

Love these videos 👍👍👍

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

More to come!

@alkasharma1620 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

No problem!

@alphao1304 3 ай бұрын

Hiya Sam I love how you make everything so simple… please can you also help with three remaining strings GBE

@matheusdesouzasilva7062 3 ай бұрын

Pls, make a video about how to stop noodling during the solos!!!

@MGM261 3 ай бұрын

Know which chords are playing. Know each note of each chord. Know your fretboard. Learn triads. Learn scales and patterns. Finally. Then "play the changes" as the chords change in the chord progresion while throwing techniques in to embelish the notes. And your good to go 😂

@matheusdesouzasilva7062 3 ай бұрын

@@MGM261 perfect

@smittywit-Artist 28 күн бұрын

What a great video

@Samjamguitar 24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@dieselman7453 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are unreal bro so helpful I think I can speak for everyone here that you are an excellent teacher . and the time it took to edit all these examples is amazing so only one question bro where do u live so I can pop round with my lowden and get some lessons😀😀I wish there was a teacher like you close to we’re I live in Ireland 🇮🇪., anyway thanks so much .. I’m learning all the major scale caged postions I know the shapes but I’m having trouble moving from key to key it’s a little confusing., but it’s going to take a few months to study the positions properly but your videos are so educational and helpful.. cheers Brian Ireland 🇮🇪🎸🎸🎸

@Samjamguitar 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! It really is appreciated! I'm actually based in Scotland, so closer than you think!!

@FlaschDJ 3 ай бұрын

Useful.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Cheers 👌

@FlaschDJ 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar Favorite quote: “It’s unfortunately all too easy to learn to play things on the guitar in a mechanical manner without really understanding what you’re doing.” Roger Edison “Jazz Rhythm Guitar”.

@ZedSedd 3 ай бұрын

wow

@2_st0ned70 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

👍👌👍👌

@ahmed_elnaggar 3 ай бұрын

Is there any lesson for minor chords too, or even mixing both minor and major chords?

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

I would recommend watching my CAGED guitar playlist!! The 2nd video covers minor chords. After learning the 5 minor shapes you will be able to mix them using the same logic from this lesson👌

@josephorzel2243 3 ай бұрын

Very caged

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

very CAGED indeed!

@boyeliza 3 ай бұрын

La Bamba

@ggsgonzales 3 ай бұрын

Your D chords in open position are shifted one fret up. Eb/D I guess? 😁

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

🤣 Well spotted!! Eb/D it is then!!

@rodnyg7952 3 ай бұрын

technically this is all very practical, as one can keep their fret hand from moving up or down. However, many of these barre positions are uncomfortable depending on the individual fret-hand technique one uses. Not everyone plays the same way. They're also impractical, because when we barre a chord up the neck we don't actually play all the strings., just those that accommodate the notes or chord sounds we want

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

All the shapes of CAGED are comfortable to play with enough practice! I use them all daily! But you are also correct that many of the shapes are more useful when broken down into easier/smaller shapes ( I elude to this within this video when playing the G shape and in much more detail within my CAGED series) but this is entirely upto the player and the context👍

@rodnyg7952 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar no, they aren't all comfortable to play, and it's not a question of practice either. I've been playing guitar for forty-something yrs. Makes no difference what you personally use daily. You don't play guitar for anyone but yourself. Most skilled players over time develop their own way of fingering chord shapes in a variety of ways that are both comfortable for their style of playing, and practically effortless for them to produce. This has nothing to do with producing "easier/smaller shapes". It does, however, have much to do with accessing certain chord voicings

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Easier shapes/ different chord voicings are both perfectly valid reasons to adjust any of the CAGED shapes. I would definitely still argue that these shapes are all quite common and can be played comfortably by anyone with time and practice! Much the same as many guitarist when they learn to overcome a simple barre chord, which at the time seems uncomfortable and almost impossible, but with practice becomes as effortless as any open chord. And I know this because I have taught guitarists of varying abilities from young kids to adults for many many years that have all been able to play these shapes comfortably with practise.

@rodnyg7952 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar aside from my first introduction to chord shapes, somewhere back in the early 80's, I dropped the CAGED system in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of chord construction: triads, slash, comping, min, aug, dim, 4,6,7,9th, sus, etc.. Besides, I early on favored using my thumb to fret the 6th string up and down the neck, so CAGED just became limited and impractical

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

I would say that a good knowledge of many systems, from the intervallic building blocks of chords to CAGED helps form a well rounded view of the fretboard and music in general, how much you use from any system and for what purpose is completely upto the player... no right or wrong. That I why I choose to show many methods of approaching the fretboard on my channel (this includes a very comprehensive lesson on chord construction) and not just CAGED.... this way the viewers can learn what they want and apply it how they choose.

@Shahrukhsa 3 ай бұрын

Earliest I’ve ever been

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for Watching!

@Shahrukhsa 3 ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar thanks for the awesome content

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

No Probs! Glad you are enjoying the Lessons!

@LowKickMT 3 ай бұрын

your ex disagrees

@MotivationMonk_1947 3 ай бұрын

Third

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

👌👌👌

@TracyHall_DreamsAndLogic 3 ай бұрын

They're ALL the "E" form chord - but the 2nd string is tuned a half-tone low - hence the apparent A. Move ANY I chord down a string (up in pitch), and you're playing the IV chord (again noting the 1st and 2nd string tuned a half-tone low). Move that IV chord up two frets (full tone), and you're playing the V. Everywhere. Always.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

I think you may have missed the point of the lesson. You described one of the very first examples in the video that most people would try using standard barre shapes while moving this around the neck to play in different keys.

@Feverdream7777 3 ай бұрын

@0:11 ... your D chord is wrong.

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

Yup Graphic slip up👌

@InMyYongerDayZ 3 ай бұрын

early

@Samjamguitar 3 ай бұрын

👌👌👌 thanks for watching!

@xwinterhalox 20 күн бұрын

So… learn your triads

@scottmelton3092 Ай бұрын

Lots of uncomfortable positions. The methodology is cool but I can’t see myself using barre chords when I can choose another voicing. I don’t mind moving positions - I play metal.