GUITAR THEORY: The "CAGED" System

Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answer's a viewers question...

"I'm bored of the chords I know. I started doing a little research on chords and I found out you could play any one chord all over the neck. Then, I ran into something called The, CAGED," system and for the life of me, I cannot find a video lesson that explains it thoroughly.

I was wondering if you could do something on that topic. I'm sure many people would find this information very helpful, along with myself."

Thanks in advance,
Dan - Allentown, PA.
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Andrew covers the fretboard layout teaching concept known as the "C.A.G.E.D." System.

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[creativeguitarstudio]

@TechTalker34 :

Hello, I use Canon HD cameras... my favorite is the XH-A1S. But, I also have an old HV-20 that records almost the same quality, (however the auto-focus isn't as good with the HV-20). I use 2 condenser mics, into a Mackie board and everything goes directly into Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 (via Firewire). All editing & rendering is in Vegas but audio is edited inside of Adobe Audition 3.0. I have different tripods here, but my fav is a VELBON C600.

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[guitarprince08]

C-A-G-E-D system simply means that you can construct chords along the neck using the basic C-A-G-E-D chord shapes... :) once you master this, trust me, you won't believe what kind of chord shapes you start to play. these basic shapes actually also connect to each other, just discover... this has helped me a lot in my playing, i learned this just like 5 years ago...

[0123LMM]

thank you ive read up on this caged theory before and never understood it until now

[kdsprocket]

Hey Great job. I wish you would slow this down. Caged for Dummies...Me(: split into 5 clips

[guitarprince08]

@brandonberg yeah.. but i personally don't use a capo because perhaps, of the progressiveness of the songs we play. so i would have to differ with you on that.. but that's also a good observation... but the "crazy" chords also don't need to be difficult to play. in fact, i almost dont use bar chords because i can play any chord in their most basic shape anywhere on the board... just had to work on muting with both right and left hands... that should do the trick... :)

[guitarprince08]

@1stchoicemodern yes... couldn't have said it any better myself... :) especially when you understand it's formulas... where the 1st, 3rd, and 5th degree come.. and it's different chord variations and how each of those sound like... gives you absolutely no limit to what song you want to play and even if you don't know the chords or tabs...

[1stchoicemodern]

@guitarprince08 The cage system also allows you to arpeggiate by knowning where all the chord shapes are for any particular chord. It opened up a whole new, easy understanding of the fretboard.

[WolfeyWolf]

Hey andrew, i've never heard of this CAGED system until 5 minutes ago..but it seems it's more inversions as well as shapes

i've taught myself this 'caged' idea already but yeh..was just wondering if it should be seen as inversions instead of this system?

[brandonberg]

CAGED system is most useful when you have a capo. You avoid all the ridiculous shapes. Though they are cool, they are not practical. EX: intsead of playing the crazy G shape to play a C, Capo 5 and play a G chord shape.

[expressyourselfist]

Very informative lesson,I have been looking for this concept to throw some chords between soloing anywhere on the neck. Essential skill in fusion/style I am learning now.If only you could speak slower:)

[MrOvereven]

Second, by retaining the shape of the open chord around the octave template, we see (no need to "figure out" or "remember") the other scale/ chord tones, making each scale degree visible. So on any cage, I immediately see the 3rd, & whether it's major or minor. It's visual (tactile) because it's the same CAGED shape as an open A & Am. This allows your finger to go right to the correct 3rd, without even knowing what note it is. This is the Grammar of Guitar -- patterns we use without thinking.