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The Basic Shapes
All chords are made of individual notes. On guitar, the open chord shapes are the result of plotting out where those notes are.
Mapping Out Chords Up The Neck
C, A, G, E, and D shapes appear in order when you map out all the notes in a chord on every string.
CAGED Pentatonic Scales
Major Pentatonic Root Notes
Minor Pentatonic Root Notes
Practice
Print out the included “Guitar Note Name Scratch Paper.”
Circle all the names of the notes in a particular chord and notice the CAGED shapes up and down the neck.
Circle the root notes of a major minor key you would like to practice. Then write in the appropriate scale shapes. Play the scales to confirm they sound like you might expect.
Circle just the root notes of a scale and try to visualize where to play the appropriate scale shape associated with that root note.
