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Originally Posted by iliketoplayforfun
Kirk, is this for every key? How do you apply the CAGED system shaped chord to the Key of "D" with the open D major on the second fret being the first chord, then G major as the second, then A7; are you still using the CAGED system? If so, I thought that the Caged system were the chord shapes of the letters CAGED?
Are you supposed to for, for example, take the 1, 3, & 5 notes and fins them all on the fret board, then find the chord shape for the D first on the lower frets, then A somewhere higher up where the a notes are, etc?
I am a little confused as in the CAGED, the A is the 6th chord from the C.
I am making a mess out of it huh? |
For D it becomes DCAGE, for E the EDCAG ... but they always follow that CAGED order. Think of them written in a circle. It helps to always think of notes written in a circle. In this case, though, the way the arrange themselves on the fretboard, you have to go counterclockwise.
This has nothing to do with keys, it's just a chord thing, a way of seeing one chord for what it truly is: a bunch of tones scattered the length of the fretboard. They're the notes that make up the chord -- chord tones -- and obviously they are the strongest notes to use for anything (riffs, solos, licks etc.) while that chord is in play. When the chord changes, the tones shift position, and now
they are the strong notes. No need to think scales/modes ... since you should always know what chord is being played anyway, that's pretty much all you need to track. Scales and modes fade into the background.