CAGED Triads

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CAGED TRIADS:                                  | | |
                                               | 0 0 5
"x" is the ROOT                                0 | |
"o"s are chord tones                           | | |
dots are added notes                           | | |
                                               0 | 0 9
                                               | 0 |
Major:                   Minor                 | | |
______                   ______                | | 0 12
||||ox                   |||oox                | | |
|||o||                   ||||||                0 0 |
|||... (up 5 frets)      |||.|.                | | |
______                   ||||..                | | |
|||o|o                   ______                | 0 0 17
||||x.                   |||||o                0 | |
|||.||                   |||o||
||||.. (up 4 frets)      ||||x.
______                   ||||||
||||.o                   |||...
||||||                   ______
|||xo.                   |||..o
||||.| (up 3 frets)      ||||o|
                         |||x||
                         ||||..