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CAGED System Explained: Five Shapes That Cover the Neck

CAGED turns five open chords into movable shapes. This explains how the shapes connect, how to name a moved chord from its root string, and how to find one chord in several places.

Intermediate7 min

Cover of the Music Theory ebook by the musics.name project

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Music Theory: the site as a book

The site's working library as a structured ebook: intervals, keys, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, form, tuning, orchestration and the history behind them.

  • 78 pages
  • PDF format
  • $2.87
  • By The musics.name project

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