Your Learning Path

CAGEDMaster the fretboard

Five stages that take you from open chords to full fretboard fluency. Work through each stage at your own pace.

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The 5 Open Shapes

Learn the five fundamental open chord shapes — C, A, G, E, and D. These shapes never change no matter where you are on the neck. Master them here and you never have to relearn them.

C shape A shape G shape E shape D shape Open position
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One Key, All Positions

Take D major and find every position on the neck using all 5 CAGED shapes. This is where the system clicks — same chord, five different homes. Once you can flow between them, the neck stops feeling random.

D major 5 positions Full neck Scale degrees
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All 5 Major Chords

Expand to all five major chord roots — C, A, G, E, and D — each mapped across all 5 positions on the neck. This is the core of the CAGED system and where real fretboard fluency begins.

C major A major G major E major D major 25 positions
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Pentatonic Scales

Learn the 5 minor pentatonic box patterns that live inside each CAGED shape. Connect the boxes across the neck and you'll never be stuck in one position while soloing again.

A minor pentatonic Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5
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Test Your Knowledge

Put everything together. You'll be shown a chord shape on the fretboard and have to identify it from four options. Questions are drawn randomly from all 5 major chord sets and your score is tracked.

Shape identifier Multiple choice Randomized Score tracked
STAGE 1
Stage 1 of 5

The 5 Open Shapes

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root (1)
3rd
5th
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STAGE 2
Stage 2 of 5

One Key, All Positions

C major across the full neck

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root (1)
3rd
5th
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STAGE 3
All 5 Major Chords · All Positions

CAGED
FLASHCARDS

5 decks · 5 cards each · low to high up the neck

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root (1)
3rd
5th
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STAGE 4
Stage 4 of 5

Pentatonic Scales

A minor pentatonic · 5 boxes

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root (A)
scale tone
STAGE 5
Stage 5 of 5

Test Your
Knowledge

Identify the chord shape · 10 questions

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