The C Shape: The CAGED System (Scale 2 of 7)

Scale 2 of 7The CAGED System

No 2 The C Shape

Frets: 0-3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7

The C Shape, C major scale, Fretly rendering

The open-position C major fingering. Anchored on the A string, frets 0 to 3. Active notes are the shape; the grey notes are the rest of the scale waiting in the neighbouring shapes.

The C major chord grip for this CAGED position — The chord form this position is built around

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Backing tracks

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C major scale circle diagram, Fretly rendering

How to play this position

How the CAGED 'C' chord shape connects

Triads

CC, E, G Csus2C, D, G Csus4C, F, G DmD, F, A Dsus2D, E, A Dsus4D, G, A EmE, G, B Esus4E, A, B FF, A, C Fsus2F, G, C GG, B, D Gsus2G, A, D Gsus4G, C, D AmA, C, E Asus2A, B, E Asus4A, D, E BdimB, D, F

Seventh chords

Cmaj7C, E, G, B C6C, E, G, A Cmaj7sus4C, F, G, B Dm7D, F, A, C Dm6D, F, A, B D7sus4D, G, A, C Em7E, G, B, D E7sus4E, A, B, D Fmaj7F, A, C, E Fmaj7b5F, A, B, E F6F, A, C, D G7G, B, D, F G6G, B, D, E G7sus4G, C, D, F Am7A, C, E, G A7sus4A, D, E, G Bm7b5B, D, F, A

This scale holds many more chords than these, with extensions, inversions and every voicing on the neck. Find them all in Fretly