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== Recap - Open Position Major Chords ==
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|CAGED#Recap - Open Position Major Chords|Open Pos. Maj Chords
|CAGED#CAGED - One Major Chord Laid Across Fretboard|C Maj Chord on Fretboard
|CAGED#Any Major Chord!|Any Maj Chord
|CAGED#Minor Chords|Minor Chords
|CAGED#How Do We Use This?|How to use CAGED
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E--0-- B--2-- G--2-- D--2-- A--0-- E-----
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E--3-- B--3-- G--0-- D--0-- A--2-- E--3--
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E--0-- B--0-- G--1-- D--2-- A--2-- E--0--
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E--2-- B--3-- G--2-- D--0-- A----- E-----
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Pay attention to the location of the lowest-pitch root note in terms of string and fret for the given position. Notice there are 5 possibilities above: 5th string ring finger (C), 5th string open (A), 6th string ring finger (G), 6th string open (E), or 4th string open (D). If you look at the charts, the bass root note is always on the left or right side of the shape.
 
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== CAGED - One Major Chord Laid Across Fretboard ==
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|CAGED#Recap - Open Position Major Chords|Open Pos. Maj Chords
|CAGED#CAGED - One Major Chord Laid Across Fretboard|C Maj Chord on Fretboard
|CAGED#Any Major Chord!|Any Maj Chord
|CAGED#Minor Chords|Minor Chords
|CAGED#How Do We Use This?|How to use CAGED
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Here's a C Major chord across the entire fretboard.
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So if you followed that, you can see that as we ascend the fretboard, we have the C shape, then the A shape, then G, then E, and finally D. Then we repeat...
 
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Here's the whole fretboard with all the notes from the open string shapes:
|---C---| |---C---|
|--A--| |--A--|
|---G---| |---G---|
|--E--| |--E--|
-D--| |---D---| |---D--
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Here's And now all the whole fretboard with all C Major notes , using 5-fret ranges for each position based on iteach shape: 
|----C----| |----C----|
|----A----| |----A----|
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See how each shape corresponds to a particular position ranging 5 frets?
See how each shape corresponds to a particular position ranging 5 frets?{{top}}
== Any Major Chord! ==
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|CAGED#Recap - Open Position Major Chords|Open Pos. Maj Chords
|CAGED#CAGED - One Major Chord Laid Across Fretboard|C Maj Chord on Fretboard
|CAGED#Any Major Chord!|Any Maj Chord
|CAGED#Minor Chords|Minor Chords
|CAGED#How Do We Use This?|How to use CAGED
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Here's G Major. We start on the G shape instead of C in open position, but the sequence is the same: you can see the CAGED shapes appear in order throughout the fretboard. Once you know where any G note is, you can determine what CAGED group it belongs to, then find all its other chord shapes on the fretboard, allowing you to jump around quickly.
|----C----| |----C----|
-A----| |----A----| |---A--
|----G----| |----G----|
|----E----| |----E----|
|----D----| |----D----|
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|----G----| |----G----| |----E----| |----E----| |----D----| |----D----| {{top}}
== Minor Chords ==
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E--3--
B--1--
G--0--
D--1--
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E--0--
B--1--
G--2--
D--2--
A--0--
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E--3--
B--3--
G--0--
D--0--
A--1--
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G--0--
D--2--
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E--1--
B--3--
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|--A--|
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|--A--| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
|---G---|
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|---G---| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
|--E--|
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|--E--| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
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|---D---| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
|----C----|
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|----C----| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Here's the whole fretboard with all C Minor notes on it:
---C----| |----C----|
|----A----| |----A----|
|----G----| |----G----|
E-| |----E----| |----E----|
--D---| |----D----| |----D-
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 {{top}} == How Do We Use This? =={{Crumbs|blue|5|CAGED#Recap - Open Position Major Chords|Open Pos. Maj Chords|CAGED#CAGED - One Major Chord Laid Across Fretboard|C Maj Chord on Fretboard|CAGED#Any Major Chord!|Any Maj Chord|CAGED#Minor Chords|Minor Chords|CAGED#How Do We Use This?|How to use CAGED}} CAGED is useful for several reasons. It is best considered a roadmap of the fretboard. Instead of seeing 6 strings and 24 frets, we see 5 fret shapes that overlap at the edges, vastly reducing the number of notes on the fretboard.* It helps us know which chord shape to use once we find a root note.* It allows us to quickly move from one chord shape to the next in sequence.* It prevents us from getting lost when soloing, able to quickly find the notes for the accompaniment chords.* It allows us to outline chords when soloing in any position.* It can help us move up the fretboard when soloing.* It can help us infer other notes in the scale, if we know the chord's number in the key. For example, Dm in the key of C is the ii chord. See [[Modes]]. Here's an example of arpeggiating some chords while using CAGED:  C Am G C E----------0-/8------------8-7--------------8-- B--------1------8-------10-----8----------8--C-- G------0----------9---9----------7----| |--9--C----| | D----2-------------\7--------------9-10-------- A--3------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------| |---- C shape E shp D shape C shape E shape For the C chord, we start with the open position C shape, then move to the 8th position E shape. For Aminor, we use the nearby Dm shape. For G, we use the C shape, then go back to the E shape for C. Here's the root position notes for each shape:  D-------------------7--------------------------| | A--3-------------------------10----G----| |----G----| E-| |------------8----------------------8--------- C C A G C And here are the the full chord shapes  C C Am G C E--0----------8-----8-------| |-7-------8--------- B--1----------8-----10-------8-------8------E----| G--0----------9-----9--------7-------9--------- D--2----------10----7--------9-------10-------- A--3----------10-------------10------10-------- E-------------8-------------------| |---8-D----| |---- C shape E shp D-shape C shape E shape
== Homework ==
* Revisit the open position chord shapes above, and make sure you can easily make them as barre chords.
* Arpeggiate each of the shapes, including the notes below the lowest-pitched root note.
* Pick random major and minor chords, and arpeggiate them up and down the fretboard, moving from one CAGED shape to the next (C > A > G > E > D > C ... C > D > E > G > A > C ...).
* Create or find some chord progressions from earlier lessons, and arpeggiate the chords, staying in roughly the same position, using the CAGED method. Try the same progressions in various positions on the neck.
** Repeat but try to move your position higher and higher up the neck throughout the progression. Then try the progression moving lower and lower.
 
== Q & A ==
== Related Lessons ==
<div class="item-wrap"><div class="trail blue">{{top}}<span class="text">[[B Diminished{{Intermediate Lesson Crumbs|B dim]]</span><span class="text">[[Other Open String Chords|Open Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Music Theory - Minor Keys|Minor Keys]]</span><span class="text">[[Harmonic Minor and Augmented Chords|Harmonic Min]]</span><span class="text">[[Barre Chords|Barre Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Suspended Chords|Sus Chords]]</span><span class="text">[[Applying Rhythm to Chords|Rhythm]]</span><span class="text">[[Circle of Fifths|Circle of 5ths]]</span><span class="text">[[G Major and E Minor|G Maj and E Min]]</span><span class="text">[[5th Position|5th Pos]]</span><span class="text">[[Scales for all Positions|All Pos]]</span><span class="text current">[[CAGED]]</span><span class="text">[[7th Chords]]</span></div></div>12}}
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