Dark Side of the CAGE: The 3 Basic Minor Chords: Em, Am & Dm

Written By pete cornell

This lesson goes over the 3 basic minor chord shapes on the guitar: Em, Am & Dm. We detail how to play these chords and offer up some exercises to start switching between the open position major chords (C-A-G-E-D) and our open position minor chords. This is the 3rd lesson in the CAGED CHORD SERIES. You can find all of those videos using the following youtube playlist link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeg6RkS-CCoMQEMYJyUkaG65TxnShM9lY

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