how to play guitar in the CAGED system, lesson no.1

[jeremyrozario]

nobody asked me to do this, but im so bored and too lazy to plug in my guitar to practice:

The CAGED system is basically a system where chords, scales modes and blar blar blar are all connected in the sequence C-A-G-E-D-C-A-G-E-D....etc

simply put, you can hold any major chord using the 5 different ways of holding the open chords, by moving them around the neck as barre chords

e|-0--
B|-1-*
G|-0-
D|-2-
A|-3-*
E|---

thats ur normal open string C major chord

e|-0-
B|-2-
G|-2-*
D|-2-
A|-0-*
E|---

thats ur normal open string A major chord

e|-3-*
B|-0- (i noe sum ppl lyk mi lyk to hold this at 3rd fret, but for this caged
G|-0-* system method, we'll juz hold it lyk dis)
D|-0-
A|-2-
E|-3-*

thats your normal open string G major chord

e|-0-*
B|-0-
G|-1-
D|-2-*
A|-2-
E|-0-*

thats your normal open string E major chord

e|-2-
B|-3-*
G|-2-
D|-0-*
A|---
E|---

thats your normal open string D major chord

now note, the * is the root note(or if you dun understand, e.g. its the C note in the C major chord)

lets say your playing

the D-shape D chord

e|-2-
B|-3-
G|-2-
D|-0-
A|---
E|---

if your slide it up 2 frets

e|-4-
B|-5-
G|-4-
D|-2-
A|---
E|---

it becomes a D-shape E chord(if u wanna play songs and reading chords or tabs, den disregard the "D-shape" thingy, its sumthing i made up)

so i hope u get the jist of it and this helps

so at the end of this first lesson, you should be able to:

1) understand wad this whole complete mess of numbers and letters mean

2) be able to play any major chord anywhere on the guitar neck

any queries u can ask me on msn @ jeremyrozario@hotmail.com