Yk this concept came fairly easily to me to spite how hard people told me it was to grasp. Its just ascending half steps guys.

What many people do not understand (including me for a long time) is that this is not just about chords. The system really helps you find arpeggio shapes and chord tones when improvising also working great when visualized over a scale. That's the tricky part about the caged system and once it clicked it started to help out a lot

For those who don't know the CAGED system is more than just chords. It's pretty useful for remembering scales up and down the whole fretboard. I'm trying to learn the pentatonic scale using it and it helped me remember something I never thought I would be able to. Yeah, I'm a beginner lol

This isn't how the CAGED system works. Like, at all. This is just the basics of movable bar chords. In CAGED, the chords connect to each other front to back in that order, CAGED, going up the fret board and stay the same chord. An open C chord is a C, which then connects to an A shape at the third fret which is also a C chord, which connects to a G shape at the 5th which is, you guessed it, a C chord, and so on. You can start with any shape and as long as you follow the CAGED order, the chord will remain the same moving up the fret board changing from shape to shape. Once you hit the D shape, you just start again with the C shape. The actual big part: each one of these bar chord shapes has scale patterns in it. Using those scale patterns in place of the bar chords is a way to learn how to stay in a specific key all across the fret board for playing lead. This is the purpose of the CAGED system. To learn how to navigate the fret board and stay in a given key. Something to note: going by the letters in CAGED represent Major Keys. If you want to play in a minor key, you need to know the relative minors. A is the relative minor of C Major. So, playing the C Major patterns is also A minor. Starting with G Major would be the super popular E minor. Which is the order I would recommend learning first. GEDCA.

So basically open chords but becoming a barre chord when you add your first finger to every string.

This is something basic and every guitar player should learn it

Sweet guitar tone!

It would be nice if you show how the CAGED chord shapes are connected throughout the fretboard, and how it's related to the pentatonic scales. That would be very useful for beginners.

Not only this. CAGED is the order of the progression of the SAME CHORD up the fretboard. Ie. If you make the “A” shape at the top of the “C” shape, the “G” shape at the top of the “A”, “E” at the top of “G”, and “D” at the top of “E”, they are all the same chord. Move up the shapes in the CAGED order, placing the next chord at the top of the previous one, you get the same chord all the way up the fretboard.

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I’m just learning guitar and also how to write music for guitar (in rock bands) and wow this guy is so helpful and like seeing these shorts about all the things you can do allows me to learn stuff and also motivates me to research more into things to see what I can do. Thanks man, so glad I found ur channel👍🏼

It's actually about shapes, root notes and seeing intervals on the fretboard. Youcan easily learn all the notes in the first 3 strings if you learn how to connect the shapes based on the root note. This also works for both major and minor chords, too, since the open shapes are the same with a flat 3rd, just locate your 3rd and shift it one fret down. Or just jam in the minor shape where you would have connected a major shape, i dont care

You don't tell me to leave, so I guess I'll be here for a while

Other KZfaqrs explained this for 30-40 minutes and it made me more confused. But you explained it within 1 minute and i have a cleae picture. Thank you and god bless

This is literally so much simpler than I could've imagined and makes understand chords a lot easier

When he said Db as opposed to C# I felt a great disturbance in the force! 😂

It's almost how it works... The caged system also shows you how to play the C chord all the way up the neck

you have any idea how long it took me to figure that out on my own, now ppl out here teaching the secrets in shorts. wtf? I'm kidding enjoy.

Thank you. This is so easy to understand. A lot of channels on here make it sound like some mystical riddle that can only be solved after watching their 2 hour video.

This was some great insight!!

Thanks for the quick explanation.Makes a lot more sense NOW!!!!!!

Human capo is how my instructor described it. Your pointer finger acts as a capo

Simpler method: Every triad chord is 1 3 5 on that chords respective scale. The 1 is the root note. Are you playing F major? Then the 1 Is an F. Are you playing G minor? Then the 1 is a G. The 3 is the 3rd. This is the most important part. If it's a minor chord then you play a minor 3rd, if it's a major chord then you play a major 3rd. Note that when talking about the major or minor 3rd, we are referring to the actual combination of the root note and the 3, because a 3rd is an interval. Without the context of a root note to compare it to, it's no longer a 3rd, it's just a random note. A minor 3rd is your root note, and then you move one string up and 2 frets down. So if you're playing E minor then you can start on the 7th fret of the A string, move 1 string up (to the D string) and 2 frets down, giving you 7th fret A string and 5th fret D string. A major 3rd is the same deal except you only move 1 fret down instead of 2. So for E major you can start on the 7th fret on the A string and go to the 6th fret of the D string. Notice how a major 3rd is always 1 fret higher than a minor 3rd, and a minor 3rd is always 1 fret lower than a major 3rd. Now for 5, this is easy. The 5 is always a power chord with the root. Usually, since the next string above the root note is taken by the 3rd, you would go another string up and play 4 frets down from there. If you were playing an E minor chord again starting on the 7th fret of the A string, then you would have 5 be on the 4th fret of the G string. Note that the 1 and 5 are always the same no matter if it's a minor or a major chord. So there you go. You now know how to build any minor or major triad anywhere you want on the fretboard. With some experimenting and time you can discover different positions on the fretboard to place your 1 3 5 but they will always be the same notes, just in different octaves. One such popular alternate fingering for the 1 3 5 if your starting on the E string is root note, then 3 strings up and the same fret if it's minor or 1 fret up if it's major, then 1 string up and the same fret as the root note. So for A minor you could play: 5th fret on the E string, 5th fret on the G string, and 5th fret on the B string. For A major you could play: 5th fret on the E string, 6th fret on the G string, and 5th fret on the B string. Anyway, there's many more chord shapes to discover if you just move around the 1 3 5. You can use it to help voice leading and making transitioning between chords easier. Also if you notice all the open chord shapes, they are just the 1 3 5 repeated multiple times as octaves on all 6 strings. Have fun.

The F chord is the E chord moved one fret up. You can do this with all chordss and move them to the fret you want (if you can). That's it

Thanks. Explained that fast and easy.

What you're teaching, I learned on my own. But the CAGED system I was taught is something totally different and than what you showed and very useful for learning arpeggios.

I JUST learned this today in a different guitar lesson about Barre Chords and it’s blowing my mind

me, by a lucky break, discover this by my self early when i was learning the chords,, i gotta tell you,, it gave me a massive upgrade to improve my learning..

The five main chords on the guitar RCGDAE, there are five cords, because there are five different tuned open strings on a guitar. The E string is repeated. The caged system shows how these chords are linked together, by playing sea chords up the neck using these shapes. Learn to play these chords without using your index finger. Move them up the neck then use your first finger as a capo, in order to fret any open strings that need to be fretted. Now, if you play an open C chord the next C chord will be played using the a inversion with the first finger used as a capo on the third fret. The next sea cord is using the G chord shape, with the first finger fretted on the fifth fret. Followed by the E chord shape, with the index finger on the eighth fret. This is the classic bar chord. Finally, play the D chord shape, without using your index finger, and bar your index finger on the 10th fret, across the fourth and fifth strings. And that is how you spell CAGED. In order to change keys, simply move that entire net work up or down the fret Board. Pro tip! The sea and G shape are essential for soloing in major keys! Good luck! I hope this is helpful. Everyone just send me $20! L O L

I’ve never really used this system, however i find myself following the same principle when soloing or playing arpeggios. Knowing where all different shapes of chords are is just something i have figured out over the years and can now find them on the spot. Another thing that made this cone more naturally is mapping out the distance between notes withing scales. So when i play a certain note, i know what it means in relation to the key and can mentally map out the rest of the chord tones around it. What i an trying to say is that it is a really good method, but understanding chords and wholestep or half step relationships between notes within certain keys is more important. This what seems to work for me at least

Thank you bro:)

yesss! this should be thought to everyone! its so useful in pentatonic scales!

Love this

I was today years old, when I realized the Caged System is based on the C A G E D Chords

Thank you Sir for this simple tutorial, I appreciate what you doing

no “just leave” today😢

Well said! Short and sweet

Finally, something i can start with learning about making music 😊

Thank you brother

Thank you for sharing❤

Thank you for actually explaining it by barring the chords with the open shapes. You're the first I've seen do this and it actually clicked with me. So thanks

I love this type of explanation. I believe half of teaching guitar is the words and way you portray it to the learner

Well done bro! Every guitarist must know this. It changed my life after i accidentally discovered it after a year of playing in 1976. Same deal if you change to 7th, minor, m7, 6th, etc

Best example ever 🤘

i discovered this system on my own , so happy it came out right..

Caged system is when Johnny Cage uses his super and then absolutely operates your health bar while playing international lover.

I'm a beginner guitarist and you're a goddamed genius. Thankyou

Thank you sir

Best quick description on CAGED ever

Your tone is phenomenal

Thanks 🙏

Sooo clean

you explained this so easily thanks man

Yet another video where they explain Caged stands for c,a,g,e,d chords and you can move them up the fretboard. That's usually where the lesson ends, so you're left going "OK, thanks"

After about 3 years of confusion and many tutorials later, your explanation made sense! Eureka!

I figured all of this out over the years of playing guitar from just playing around, I use these all the time

You’ll hear that first chord called c# much more often than D flat although they are the same thing.

Brandon Holy fvckball thank you. Seriously, I’ve spent the past month trying to figure out how to translate the open chord to the rest of the guitar and this simple method just unlocked the entire thing in my brain in the snap of a finger. Behind all that cynicism is a cool Gatorade man whatever that may mean.

ffs, i am playing for freakin 7 yrs, will have my first 1000 ppl gig, AND ONLY NOW I UNDERSTOOD this, oooomg.

Just because CAGED happens to spell a word, with the letters in the same order as the chord shapes, doesn’t mean that’s the only way that we should think of it. After years of grappling with it, I now think of it as EDCAG-7. By that I mean this: 1) Play E7 at the open position, and also as a bar chord at the 12th fret. Now take that Minor Pentatonic box, the one we all now and love, and you’ll notice that it needs G#, the major 3rd, added to it to make it match with the chord. So do that! Take E Minor Pentatonic, and in the 3 places where G is “in the box”, also play G# (pick it, slide it, or hammer on). Always go UP from G to G#, a chord tone; NEVER DO THE REVERSE; so never play G# to G. - So now we have this HEXATONIC Scale of these 6 notes: 1-b3-3-4-5-b7. 2) Play this scale over E7. Make sure that you always know both the name of the note and the NUMBER of the note (like D = b7). 3) Now play D7 shape but at the 2nd fret, C7 shape at fret 5, A7 shape at fret 7, and G7 at fret 9. THAT IS THE 5 WAYS TO PLAY E7. 4) Now do the same thing with those 4 other shapes. Associate one of the 5 Minor Pentatonic “boxes” with each of those chord shapes BUT ADD IN THE MAJOR 3RD (or they won’t correspond to each other). 4) Once you’ve done that, and can play this HEXATONIC scale (1-b3-3-4-5-b7) over the 5 EDCAG-7 shapes, and can give both the letter name and the number of each note (like B=5), then do this: 5) Add in b5 from the Blues scale (Bb=b5); then add in 2/F# and 6/C# from Dorian. All 3 of these notes can also work over a Dominant 7 chord (2 and 6 require more thought). All we are left with is b2/b6/7 (F/C/D#) and these last 3 notes can work as CHROMATIC PASSING TONES (get off them quickly on your way to another note). So… EDCAG-7… 1-b3-3-4-5-b7, then 1-2-b3-3-4-b5-5-6-b7 and finally ALL OF THE NOTES or 1-b2-2-b3-3-4-b5-5-b6-6-b7-7. - That’s how you can play EVERY SINGLE NOTE ON THE FRETBOARD without ever getting lost or not knowing both the name and the number of the note that you are playing against those 5 chord shapes. That’s for Dominant 7 chords. Start there.

I always thought this was just playing guitar, I had no idea it had it's own separate name.

Man I dunno what it is but I just understand this guy. I find with most teachers I sit confused and have to think hard but not with these explanations. I might try his course out

Some time ago I was leaning how to play guitar, tanks for remember

My mind blew up

I have spent years trying to figure this out, and this one video just unlocked the brain power to get it

Feels like every video I’ve ever watched on scales and modes. I always come away thinking “I don’t understand anything you just said. How is this supposed to help me?“

I “learned” it a different way long ago, but never really *got* it… Thinking of it as moving a defined chord shape (such as C major) up and down the neck by half step increments is really fucking helpful! Imma have to practice with it lol

There’s actually a bit more to it than that. Fretboard Logic by Bill Edwards explains it quite well.

Wow! I saw two days ago a video that has 1.1M views about this and it was quite hard to understand it but you managed to simplify it 🤯

I always heard about the CAGED system but never realized I did it without even knowing it

Ive used this idea for so long, not even knowin what it was called. Just ended up figuring out I only really need like 12 shapes as long as I knew what the root was.

Easy to remember that root note on E string use E shape or G shape, root on A string use A shape or C shape root on D string use D shape!!

I love the rage

This guy is secretly awesome. This is the first explanation I've ever seen on how the CAGED system handles that pesky G shape (people complain about F. For me it's open G. Hate it). Nice vid.

By god, someone FINALLY explained it!!!

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I inadvertently learned this. I'm mostly self taught and just kinda figuring everything out but I have been doing this for a while. I hadn't realized it was a thing. Now I understand it now though.

The D-shape is the one. Good crisp rock and country sound

It’s also useful for memorizing pentatonic scales connecting across the whole fretboard one leading into the next

Honestly this is actually how i learnt how to play f and b

No way Ive been playing mostly with the E but now that you brougjt this out I can't use this for so much thank you

Start in E and play Dominant 7 chords so think EDCAG-7. Play E7 shape as (only on DGBE strings) as 2130 and 14-13-15-12; as D7 shape on 2434; as C7 shape as 6757; as A7 shape as 9797; and finally as G7 shape as 999-10. Those 5 EDCAG-7 shapes, all on the DGBE strings, can serve as starting points for solos.

D was omitted, which makes sense because regular D is a bit of a stretch, but the D7 shape is easy and gives you access to some usually fairly difficult chords, like Eb7 or an F7 that doesn't sound like muddy garbage

indie bands: e shape, take it or leave it.

I started randomly messing with this a while ago. For the D shape i just played the bottom 3 so same exact shape for fingers. Found A in D shape. Then i took the E, or traditional bar chorde, and found all the chords, then the a shape but i only played the three main, no bar. Havent tried a g shape yet. Memorizing it all would be annoying but figuring it out hells me remember it better. Like how A shape is just 5 frets down from that notes D shape. At least i think thats what it was. I love how with this i can get the same note with slightly different tone.

Wtf I’ve been playing causally for like 5 years and I feel just learned how to play any chord just from one fucking TikTok.

I feel so proud of myself for discovering this on my own as my guitar skill basically came from self thought. I didn't know it's called caged system.

Wtf I've been playing guitar since 2008 and this summary finally made me understand 😂

i've always done the E shape but i didn't know this whole system had a name

this is the first thing that my tacher taught me when i was learning barre chord. just remember E and A major open chord and slide through the fretboard. make it so much easier

You can also move the minor, dim, 7 and any other open shapes the same way. Its about the intervals always staying in the same place. Just like the scale shapes will stay the same but the notes change depending on where you start.

Playing a major shape cord with three fingers instead of just using one finger for all three is cursed

Have no idea why people struggle so badly with this concept! It’s super easy and doesn’t limit itself to cowboy chords like I’ve heard some say that that’s CAGED biggest flaw but it’s not! Attach your major scales and add any extensions you’d like! It also works with Minor Chord shapes too! Some just don’t grasp this and I feel like some of the tutorials are so basic that people don’t understand that

I never knew this technique has a name and I just found out I learned it on my own :0

i didnt get it at first but for beginners this would be useful as the CAGED system is for mapping out the fret board with those 5 easy, distinct chords. Nothing confusing just using 5 chords to help know where each note on the fret is for it to sound nice.

Damn that's pretty useful

Nice tone

I would have killed for this clip when I first started playing

Also hidden in the CAGED mnemonic is the first 5 keys of the circle of fifths (C G D A E). Helpful for someone starting out in music theory!

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