{"id":2255,"date":"2016-05-19T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:06:35","slug":"hey-joe-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hey-joe-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Joe Chords: Putting CAGED Into Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Practicing the CAGED Chords<\/h2>\n

In my last article, we learned about the CAGED chords<\/a>. Learning the chords is the first part of the lesson, but putting them into use is where things get fun. Hey Joe<\/em>, the rock standard made popular by Jimi Hendrix, is a great song to use for practicing the CAGED chords because the progression of the Hey Joe<\/em> chords uses all 5 open-string major chords. These are my favorite types of exercises\u2014the ones that aren\u2019t exercises\u2014but, instead, are an actual song that you can play along with.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a chord progression?<\/h2>\n

Music is a language, so, let\u2019s use the English language as an analogy:<\/p>\n

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  • The letters of the alphabet are used together to form words<\/li>\n
  • Words are used to form sentences<\/li>\n
  • Sentences are strung together to tell stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In music:<\/h3>\n
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    • Notes are used together to form chords<\/li>\n
    • Chords are used together to form progressions<\/li>\n
    • Progressions are strung together to tell the story in the song<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      A chord progression is two or more chords used together. Just like there are noun-verb, noun-verb-noun sentence structures that repeat in language, music has chord patterns that repeat in songs. So, in simple terms, a chord progression is a chord pattern or cycle of chords that repeats throughout the song.<\/p>\n

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      Open-String Major Chords in the style of \u201cHey Joe\u201d<\/h3>\n

      The Hey Joe<\/em> chords progression uses the CAGED chords in the following order: C-G-D-A-E. Each chord receives two beats, except the E chord which receives eight beats (or two bars). Take a look at the example below and you\u2019ll see a chord chart that illustrates this in a typical way that musicians notate music.<\/p>\n

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      \"hey<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/A01-Hey-Joe-Chord-Progression.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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