I read hawaiiankanak's thread "figuring out higher chord version" and then did a search of this board and realised nobody has really gone into the "CAGFD" system.
It's based on the "CAGED" system for guitar, and is a really groovy way to understand how the whole fretboard works...
Yes, the are 5 ways you can play each Major, minor and dominant 7 chord, using the C, A, G, F and D "shapes".
You can then move these shapes chromatically up or down the neck to find ANY other chord in these categories.
That is, if you learn these 15 chord shapes (C,A,G,F and D in Major, minor and 7 forms) you can easily work out ALL Major, minor and 7 chords.
I've atached a fretboard "map" we made plotting how the shapes join on the uke fretboard... the circle with a dot in the centre indicates the "root", in this case "C".
If you want some very detailed explanations, I've put it on our site, under
Ukulele Tips.
You have to be a member to see it because we wanted to give our members some kind of benefit!
Just click on "become a member" and once you're approved (spam etc) you'll get a confirmation email... then just log in and you'll be able to see the CAGFD lesson.
It really changed our understanding of the way the uke is set up, and we gave away our chord books after that!
Bosko