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MINOR CHORDS AND CAGED
The CAGED System for Guitar
VI. Minor Chords and CAGED (42:27 – 46:26) Upon first glance, it seems that minor chords don’t work well within CAGED. It’s like throwing a wrench into the whole system. And so how do we work with minor chords in the CAGED framework? Let’s take a look at an example. Say we have a chord progression like Cm-Fm at the 5th to 8th fret. Here we have the notes of C minor based on the G shape:
It’s awkward to form a chord based on that and it can mess up the entire system. One solution to that is play just the fragments as discussed earlier
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The CAGED System for Guitar
Module 5 DVD 5
Here is F minor within that same fretboard location:
Once again, we can play fragments to avoid awkward and uncomfortable fingering:
Playing them in fragments would simply the work for you, and soloing using the individual notes of the minor chords within that fretboard location also works.
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MINOR CHORDS AND CAGED
The CAGED System for Guitar
VI. Minor Chords and CAGED (42:27 – 46:26) Upon first glance, it seems that minor chords don’t work well within CAGED. It’s like throwing a wrench into the whole system. And so how do we work with minor chords in the CAGED framework? Let’s take a look at an example. Say we have a chord progression like Cm-Fm at the 5th to 8th fret. Here we have the notes of C minor based on the G shape:
It’s awkward to form a chord based on that and it can mess up the entire system. One solution to that is play just the fragments as discussed earlier
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The CAGED System for Guitar
Module 5 DVD 5
Here is F minor within that same fretboard location:
Once again, we can play fragments to avoid awkward and uncomfortable fingering:
Playing them in fragments would simply the work for you, and soloing using the individual notes of the minor chords within that fretboard location also works.
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