Unlock your UKULELE! The secret formula to figuring out the fretboard - the 'CAgFD'
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2019
- Travel up the fret board with the magic CAgFD formula ! You can hop over to cool people land and grab the diagrams, the tabs, the drawings and the lyrics - the CAgFD add-ons - here: bit.ly/2VOe80R
I'm thinking it should be spelled CAgFeD. Or CAgFordD. Just for pronunciation's sake. Well. You can voice your opinion in the comments luckily
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Hello Ben, I may offer another perspective to your CAgFD formula. I visualise the notes CAgFD in my head not as a linear chain of letters, but in a circular way on the "chromatic clock". The note C is on 12 o'clock, D is on 2 o'clock, (E is on 4 o'clock), F = 5, G = 7, A = 9 o'clock (and B is on 11 o'clock). This way I clearly see the distance between notes, i.e. between C and A there are 3 hours, between A and F there are 4 hours, between F and D there are 3 hours etc.
Cool.
Respect for the tutorial...I knew already the CAGED system as a guitarist. For the name of the chords my reference is the root note shape.
To those interested in theory how this "magic inversion finding formula" was created, it came from transposition :
1. You can transpose any chord by moving all its component up or down in equal half steps, chord will change key but its quality will be the same (major, minor, etc)
2. But to do this physically presents different challenges depending on instrument. For example in keyboard, the 12 notes are staggered to fit the hands. When we transpose the chord like C E G, you cannot just freeze the hand and move forward because it will be staggered differently. In string instrument, the barre technique is an awesome way to transpose but it requires sacrificing one finger in addition to remain holding what's coming after the barre the same way. So it requires some "starters" that are convenient to add a barre finger like : C A F D (the chords chosen in the formula) It works like what he explained at 3:00
3. The 3 4 3 2 numbers are half step distance in a reversed direction of those convenient barre-able shapes (e.g. A + 3 = C because A->A#->B->C. His formula says C - +3 - A even though it is the other way around)
4. Why the other way around? Instead of thinking that you move down from C 3 times and "magically shapeshift" to A shape to get a new inversion of C (that does not sounds like transposition), you can think inversely, it is just A original shape transposed down 3 times to get C in the shape of A. Now this is no magic, it is just pitch shifting equally of all chord components.
5. He make use of this transposition theory inversely, plus a collection of good shaped barre-able chords lined up, make note of half step distance between them into a formula, to create this inversion shortcuts that only works if you are playing one of these : C A F D g. Now you can make your own if you want to find an inversion of other kind of chords but these are happened to be used often and has good shapes, so a formula like this is useful to remember in your toolbox.
I recommend also watching this clip that will connect everything together and solidify your knowledge : ruclips.net/video/wa6tu63rC_8/видео.html
I keep coming back to this. A life-saver. You are very watchable, it makes sense and you are an excellent tutor. By the way, the sunlight there is amazing! Where are you!!!
I have only been playing for two months and this video was extremely helpful and clear. Thank you so much!
brilliant and very helpful explanation, I began the last days with cord inversions, and there was no clue for me, until I took a look at your tutorial,now I think I am saved. Thank you so much. Carole from Luxembourg
Oh gosh! You are so fun to watch! I was engaged through the whole video and your CAgFD song at the end was a hoot! Loved it!!
Timecode
00:00 - Hi!
01:50 - Chords vs. chord shapes
04:55 - Magic formula
17:24 - Song:
20:31 - Bye!
I am very inspired by you! I am re- tuning to the Uke! Thank you!!!!
Haha, you always manage to put a smile on my face :) And: pretty cool formular. Thanks for that
I get it! Really enjoy your tutorials. Thanks!
Great Video Ben! Very well explained and charismatic.👏
Excellent! Really wonderful. Thanks.
😄😆😄 Ooh... I can't tell you how much I appreciated this vid!!! It's like I dig the gold mine!!! Thank you so much for such valuable lesson which is so rare to be found in the social media... Look forward to seeing your next great tutorial... & yes, minor chords‘ formula pls!!! Best!!! 💟 Thank you Ben, subscribed!!! 😊
Wow the Half of this i figured out by myself and now i searched for something new to learn for ukulele, and found this what goes much deeper in it and takes me a Dimension higher^^
That was highly entertaining and helpful. Thanks!
Love this....
Bravo mec, c'est brillant, ça déverrouille vraiment le uke, le titre est parfait 😊
Thank you for this, was really helpful!
this is so useful! love you so much
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. I’ve subscribed.
Man that was great, you’re a natural..... not sure if I totally followed what was going on but it sure was fun.
Love this, thanks!!
This is pretty cool Ben.
exactly what i needed!
excellent tutorial!!!
Absolutely brilliant - thank you!
Roses are my favorite flower, nice voice Ben
It was great ! Thank you very much ! 😊
I love this guy!
Very clever. Thank you. Does this work for minor chords too? Knowing the root notes would help also.
Perfect. ❤
Loving this system. Shall study at length. Have you ever been to the village of Chagford, on Dartmoor, Devon UK? Lovely place, it will help me remember your system. Ta
can't say that I have. actually never been that far west in the UK, maybe a ukulele road trip will take me there some day ^^
Hello Ben, new subscriber here. Thanks for sharing and your helpful uke tutorials.
awesome, welcome Mike !
quite useful~
Nice one ben
🤯 Thank you.
Crocus. Thanks for the help!
I like your video! Fun!
Nice idea. But it is easier to just use a fret board diagram that you print out. Note where for instance the g note is in the g shape and with other chords you do the same. Then if you move that shape up the fret board you can place it on another note and the chord will be that note. Hope you get what i'm saying. Quite nice if you learn to mix it with some scales later on. (Skip the top string with finger picking to get in to it). With practice you will then learn the "new" chords by heart. It will transform your playing. I still use my fret board diagram when I want to get creative with a new song.
Thanks for this! Would love to see the formula for minor chords!
that be coool ill just play it flat for the mean time tho
This is the way to swing. #subscribed
Confusing a year ago now I get it thanks
So in C, there is a distance of 3 frets to the A regardless of where you play the C?
Fantastic ♡ i dont understand it quite right, but it make sense :)))
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How do you do it for minor chords?
Salut ben ! Aurais tu ce même cours en français (un lien à me donner?) Ça m aiderait beaucoup 😅 merci !
WOW
Very impressive, is there any formula to memorize the minor chords?
Yeah ! I'm workin' on it ^^
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The simplest way:
learn that B/C and E/F are glued together. The rest of the notes have a semitone (a sharp/flat) between them. Knowing that, you just have to move around with the basic 4 shapes and get used to the chords.
Then there are:
(CAGE guitar system, in the fifth fret, 4 lower strings)
- A/B shape (guitar E shape)
- C shape (guitar G shape)
- D/E shape (guitar A shape)
- F shape (guitar C shape, which is a simpler form of guitar D shape)
- G shape (guitar D shape)
Let's call it CAFE! \o/
Salut Ben ! Aurais-tu réalisé une vidéo en french ? 🙏🏻
Thank you so much. I thought only guitar has CAGED system.
What we call CAGE(D) system is actually a consequence of the strings in fourths disposition. A lot of instruments follow it because it makes chords easy. If you go one string down, you'll get the fourth of that note (G->C) anywhere in the board. If you go one string up, you'll get the fifth, one octave lower (C->G) (beetwen the second and the third strings the diference is of a third). Since chords are basically triads of 1st, 3rd and 5th, all you need is three strings.
Good study for me now the cagfd the cagfd the cagfd!! Lol
I was the 100th like. : )
😍😍😍
Absolutely new to the uke N im lost😂 oh well, i get it sumday i suppose
haha worst '1st ukulele video' ever ^^
Haha... CAg ("Kack") in German means "crap" and "FuD" (pronounced like "foot") is a German dialect word for "ass". Just sayin'. :) But by the way: Thanks for that helpful clip.
what about the E and B chords :(
E is a D shape and B is an A shape
@@Hemioles Same positions and everything? my brain is trying wrap my head around this
Charl meconi alshuka brusci.
secret?
Just a maths lesson😮 but 👍all the same.
odd take
Sorry 😐 I don't care for it. But I still give 👍.
Absolute beginner!!!! And watching this video.. I am giving up... 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Trying to read Tolstoï before learning the alphabet ? ^^
please don’t!
How about a E
hey Ron ! an E is already another shape mentioned here, guess which one ?
So confusing
You lost me...
hella confusing bro.