When you move up to the D, maintain the chord shape so that your thumb falls on D, finger 3 on F and finger 5 on A to play a D minor triad. After D, move up again to frame an E minor triad (E, G, B).

Having introduced 5 chord shapes for DADGAD tuning, let's turn our attention to open D (aka D A D F# A D). As with DADGAD, drop the sixth string down a tone to D, then drop the first and second ...

Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the five essential open chord shapes C, A, G, E and D, then you are already halfway there, because the CAGED system simply moves ...