CAGED Fretboard by David Mead for Android

10 things about CAGED Fretboard by David Mead

1. In this app, I set out the CAGED System for learning chords using progressive diagrams and clear explanatory text that will help you discover more about how music works in a shorter time than you thought possible.

2. Everyone I have introduced the CAGED System to has agreed that it has changed the way they look at the fretboard completely and helped transform the guitar into the musical instrument it should be.

3. Many will try to work out an answer using straightforward maths, but soon flounder when they begin to factor in all the variables that the guitar’s tuning and fretboard configuration tend to throw into the calculation.

4. Back in the 1960s a method evolved for mapping out the guitar fretboard which went on to become something of a ‘best kept secret’ among the instrument’s cognoscenti.

5. It was known as ‘The CAGED System’ and offered, for possibly the first time, a technique for mapping out the fretboard in a simple, efficient and user-friendly way.

6. In many of my seminars and clinics, I often ask my students how many chord shapes they think exist for the guitar.

7. Five? Yes, unbelievably, all chords on the guitar are based on five primary shapes that most guitarists already know.

8. So, in order to find any chord they need, all they lack is a system and the knowledge of how to apply it.

9. - 198 interactive chord charts so you can see and hear how each chord is constructed.

10. David Mead is an acoustic guitarist, writer, journalist and teacher.