The Secret to Playing Chords Anywhere on the Guitar Neck (Easy)

Learn the secrets to playing chords anywhere on the guitar neck with just 5 simple shapes! Better than the CAGED system!

00:00 Introduction
00:47 E-string Shapes
04:29 A-string Shapes
05:45 D-string Shapes
07:31 G-string Shapes
09:34 B-string Shapes
11:24 Summary
12:06 Chord Progression Example
16:34 Conclusion

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[RICKYY]

I've been playing guitar for 47 years and consider myself to be a pretty fair player. I already knew the content of this video but it took me a long time to figure it out. I just wanted to say that your teaching method is so good, explaining what needs to be explained without getting overly technical and complicating the message. Unfortunately too many of the youtube guitar teachers either over explain or try to explain in a "music theory" way that makes some of them difficult to understand. Sometimes I think they are just trying to impress people with their knowledge of music theory. Kudos for an excellent video!

[shanemurphy]

Wow this video was a huge paradigm shift for me. I knew the basics of caged but no one has ever broken it down by string like that. New favorite teacher and channel. Keep up the great work!

[joannm]

I had no idea that there was a shape per string, and once you know the root, you've got the chord...OMG!!!! TY!!!

[deltafour]

This channel is a godsend! So much simpler. Less complicated and less to think about. Think less play more.

[ahgfdk]

Without any exaggeration, this was the most eye-opening lesson in the guitar world for me. And I´ve seen tonnes of videos on CAGED and got disappointed in myself. Thanks a lot for such a nice way to break this so easy and smooth. 👌👏🤘

[rupertpupkin]

BEST guitar lesson ever ! I stopped taking lessons because the explanations and lessons were overly complex and made no sense, causing me to lose interest and many years of losses enjoyment playing the guitar. Thank you so very much for finally making it enjoyable and easy to play and write music for my songs 😎

[marh]

This is the lesson I needed. I've been working on moving around the fretboard more using triads and this was a huge help. Thank you!

[PamMcguirt-nmnm]

You are the first teacher that has truly explained how this system works. A light bulb moment !! Thankyou❤

[brucemacdonald]

I always thought that to play all over the FB you needed four basic shapes utilizing barre chords. Amazed by guitarists playing chords up the neck without using a barre. Now I understand. Thank you so much for this as this is the missing part that allows me to progress. A most beneficial blog for me.

[jacktanbl]

Thanks for being so patient to explain… I usually know all the basic chords at top fret but you have opened up a whole new world for me. Bless you !

[BrianMcNeely-gp]

This is guitar gold .At last an easy to learn and play practical framework for generating chords Thanks so much.

[drhall]

Overexplain kills the other explanations! Ricky was right!
Best explanation and clear examples, so cool! Valuable info made readily useful!!

[MartynStandage]

Tried to get my head around the caged system so many times to find my way around the fret board, the way you have explained how to do just that was a lightbulb moment for me, a superb lesson Thank you

[rockon]

The best lesson I've come across in a long while. Easily understandable, not overly technical, practical and useful. Thank you for all your efforts. Wishing you all the best.

[richardwilfong]

This is perhaps the most helpful guitar video on YouTube. Well done, no one else will show all six strings like you.

[pedrodebarros]

Fantastic Iam 71 yrs old just learn magic for playing on my guitar thank you

[leondaniels]

This was my Eureka moment of more than 40 years of trying to figure out how look for chords up the FB.What a bllessing.

[LPowers]

Best explanation I’ve heard in 7 years of lessons!

[ianjamieson]

A bit of a dubiously worded title page but a good lesson within on starting to use higher pitched triads. The extra value was in the progression played on the higher strings at the end. It sounds thin on an acoustic. Thank you for the clear lesson.

[CalvinLimSH-ldle]

Thanks for showing us how to find the major / minor chord using the root note of each guitar string