4 · D, C and A shapes

Positions 1 and 2 were two of the five CAGED shapes of G: the G shape (open position) and the E shape (from the 3rd fret). Three more fill the rest of the neck, each named after the open chord it looks like: D, C and A. After the A shape comes the G shape again, twelve frets up.

Each box holds the same seven notes of G major. Learn where the roots (the big dots) sit in each one, and the rest of the box hangs off them.

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The D shape of G (frets 4–8): root on the D string, 5th fret.

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The C shape of G (frets 7–10): root on the A string, 10th fret, reaching back.

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The A shape of G (frets 9–13): the A-shape barre at the 10th fret.

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Play G major up and down in each box, starting and ending on a root. Then find the G chord inside each box.

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