CAGED Fretboard Visualization System for Guitar

by Jay Skyler

The CAGED Fretboard Visualization System for Guitar or simply the CAGED System is based on the shapes of the basic open chords C, A, G, E, D, which repeat themselves 5 times every 12 frets. Consequently, this system breaks the guitar down into five different hand positions, none of which force us to play a note more than 1 fret above or below the four 'home frets' our fingers center on. So for every 12 frets there are 5 overlapping patterns, none of them spanning more than 5 frets.

All diagrams on this site are compatible with the CAGED system.

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