{"id":205,"date":"2019-05-22T19:25:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T19:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makingmusic4ever.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2022-01-30T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T19:24:35","slug":"what-caged-system-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingmusic4ever.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/what-caged-system-is\/","title":{"rendered":"What CAGED system is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-recipe\">The recipe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">CAGED is the abbreviation for chords symbols related to the notes C, A, G, E, and D. In fact, they indicate five different configurations to build a chord in the guitar arm. The first chord is C major and you can build it starting at the first fret. When you press string 2 in the first fret, string 4 at the second fret, and string 5 in the third fret you have the C major chord, however, if we put a capoteaste in the guitar arm attaching all the strings in the first fret, we have the  C sharp major chord and if we slip of fret in fret we change the chord in halftones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have the same when we press the strings in the second fret to build A major chord and then slip along two frets and press the index finger along the third fret, moving the whole chord 2 frets, we have then the C major chord. Now consider E major chord starting at the first fret, then move the same way and you have F major, then F#major, and so on. In this configuration, the C major chord will start at the eighth fret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"schematic-diagrams\">Schematic Diagrams<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following figures show examples of the five configurations or five shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED01.png?resize=660%2C398\" alt=\"CAGED diagrams in C and A shape\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED01.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED01.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED01.png?resize=768%2C463&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>CAGED diagrams in C and A shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first image shows C, D, and E major chords build over a C shape. Note that we moved the C major chord along the guitar frets. The same we did for A, B, and C major chords using the A shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED02.png?resize=660%2C389\" alt=\"CAGED diagram using G, E and D Shapes\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED02.png?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED02.png?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/makingmusic4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CAGED02.png?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption>CAGED diagrams using G, E and D Shapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second image, we first built the G major chord and then slipped along the guitar fret to produce A major on the tone above. So, we moved two frets along the guitar arm. The same we did for E and D shapes, building G major in E shape and E major using D shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same goes for all chord variations. Thus, a minor chord follows the A configuration in the minor position which when moved will produce Bb minor, B minor, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recipe CAGED is the abbreviation for chords symbols related to the notes C, A, G, E, and D. In fact, they indicate five different configurations to build a chord in the guitar arm. The first chord is C major and you can build it starting at the first fret. When you press string 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/makingmusic4ever.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/what-caged-system-is\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What CAGED system is<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,7,4,25],"tags":[59,60,27,62,39,61,63,64,65,66,68,67,58],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chords","category-instrument","category-music","category-music-theory","tag-caged","tag-caged-system","tag-chord","tag-chord-caged","tag-guitar","tag-guitar-chords","tag-guitar-performance","tag-how-to-play","tag-how-to-play-guitar","tag-music-notes","tag-music-scale","tag-scale","tag-tab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What CAGED system is - Making Music 4 Ever<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/makingmusic4ever.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/22\/what-caged-system-is\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What CAGED system is - Making Music 4 Ever\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The recipe CAGED is the abbreviation for chords symbols related to the notes C, A, G, E, and D. 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