D major scale on guitar
D E F♯ G A B C♯ (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
The parent of everything on the wheel: a key's seven chords are built from it. Also called Ionian.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e E F♯ G A B C♯ D E F♯ G A A B C♯ D E F♯ G A B C♯ D D E F♯ G A B C♯ D E F♯ G G A B C♯ D E F♯ G A B B C♯ D E F♯ G A B C♯ D E E F♯ G A B C♯ D E F♯ G A
Low E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 CAGED positions
Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Position 1 (frets 9–12)
8 9 10 11 12 13 E A D G B e 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 4 7 4 7 7
Position 2 (frets 11–16)
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 4 7 4
Position 3 (frets 2–6)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 E A D G B e 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 4 7 4 7 4
Position 4 (frets 3–8)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 E A D G B e 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 7 4 4
Position 5 (frets 7–11)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 E A D G B e 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 7 4 7 4 7
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .