Guitar Techniques

7TH CHORDS

The fretboard can be a complicated terrain to navigate. Many notes can be played at the same pitch in multiple positions, and the third and second strings are tuned a Major 3rd apart, whereas the rest are tuned to the interval of a 4th.

With this in mind, the CAGED system is a useful tool to help the fretboard make a

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