Eli5 CAGED system on guitar
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Each letter in CAGED represents an open chord shape, which means chords that have open strings, low on the neck. These are the first chords we all learn for this reason. They’re easy to play.
Each of those shapes can be slightly modified and moved up the neck to play other chords. The barre chords we all learn early on are mostly E and A shapes that we move up the neck.
So really for most people CAGED is just a concept to help people realize that they can move the C, G, and D shapes up the neck just like they already do with the A and E shapes.
That’s all it is. And personally I don’t find much use for the C and G shapes up the neck. D is great for that though.
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