Stop Using Only Your First Frets!

Summary by Krater

Guitar instructor Justin demonstrates how to take open chord shapes like C, D, A, G, and E and move them up the guitar neck as barre-style caged shapes to find alternative voicings, substitute chords, and add interesting color tones to rhythm playing.

From the video

Answers: How do you move open guitar chords up the neck to create new chord voicings?

• caged chord system
• open chord voicings
• barre chord shapes
• guitar chord substitutions
• rhythm guitar techniques

What it concludes

• Moving open chord shapes up the neck creates substitute chords with added color tones that enrich rhythm playing.
• Adding a small finger down on certain chord shapes can transform a standard chord into a rich substitute voicing.
• Exploring moveable chord shapes gives guitarists multiple ways to play the same chord progression across the fretboard.