Reference
All CAGED voicings × 12 roots · red = root · thick = barre
| Shape | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | C Major E R8 [8,10,10,9,8,8] | C# Major E R9 [9,11,11,10,9,9] | D Major E R10 [10,12,12,11,10,10] | F Major E R1 [1,3,3,2,1,1] | F# Major E R2 [2,4,4,3,2,2] | G Major E R3 [3,5,5,4,3,3] | G# Major E R4 [4,6,6,5,4,4] | A Major E R5 [5,7,7,6,5,5] | A# Major E R6 [6,8,8,7,6,6] | B Major E R7 [7,9,9,8,7,7] | ||
| A | C Major A R3 [-1,3,5,5,5,3] | C# Major A R4 [-1,4,6,6,6,4] | D Major A R5 [-1,5,7,7,7,5] | D# Major A R6 [-1,6,8,8,8,6] | E Major A R7 [-1,7,9,9,9,7] | F Major A R8 [-1,8,10,10,10,8] | F# Major A R9 [-1,9,11,11,11,9] | G Major A R10 [-1,10,12,12,12,10] | A# Major A R1 [-1,1,3,3,3,1] | B Major A R2 [-1,2,4,4,4,2] | ||
| D | D# Major D R1 [-1,-1,1,3,4,3] | E Major D R2 [-1,-1,2,4,5,4] | F Major D R3 [-1,-1,3,5,6,5] | F# Major D R4 [-1,-1,4,6,7,6] | G Major D R5 [-1,-1,5,7,8,7] | G# Major D R6 [-1,-1,6,8,9,8] | A Major D R7 [-1,-1,7,9,10,9] | A# Major D R8 [-1,-1,8,10,11,10] | B Major D R9 [-1,-1,9,11,12,11] | |||
| C | C# Major C R4 [-1,4,-1,1,2,1] | D Major C R5 [-1,5,-1,2,3,2] | D# Major C R6 [-1,6,-1,3,4,3] | E Major C R7 [-1,7,-1,4,5,4] | F Major C R8 [-1,8,-1,5,6,5] | F# Major C R9 [-1,9,-1,6,7,6] | G Major C R10 [-1,10,-1,7,8,7] | G# Major C R11 [-1,11,-1,8,9,8] | A Major C R12 [-1,12,-1,9,10,9] | |||
| G | C Major G R8 [8,-1,5,5,5,8] | C# Major G R9 [9,-1,6,6,6,9] | D Major G R10 [10,-1,7,7,7,10] | D# Major G R11 [11,-1,8,8,8,11] | E Major G R12 [12,-1,9,9,9,12] | G# Major G R4 [4,-1,1,1,1,4] | A Major G R5 [5,-1,2,2,2,5] | A# Major G R6 [6,-1,3,3,3,6] | B Major G R7 [7,-1,4,4,4,7] | |||
| Em | Cm Em R8 [8,10,10,8,8,8] | C#m Em R9 [9,11,11,9,9,9] | Dm Em R10 [10,12,12,10,10,10] | Fm Em R1 [1,3,3,1,1,1] | F#m Em R2 [2,4,4,2,2,2] | Gm Em R3 [3,5,5,3,3,3] | G#m Em R4 [4,6,6,4,4,4] | Am Em R5 [5,7,7,5,5,5] | A#m Em R6 [6,8,8,6,6,6] | Bm Em R7 [7,9,9,7,7,7] | ||
| Am | Cm Am R3 [-1,3,5,5,4,3] | C#m Am R4 [-1,4,6,6,5,4] | Dm Am R5 [-1,5,7,7,6,5] | D#m Am R6 [-1,6,8,8,7,6] | Em Am R7 [-1,7,9,9,8,7] | Fm Am R8 [-1,8,10,10,9,8] | F#m Am R9 [-1,9,11,11,10,9] | Gm Am R10 [-1,10,12,12,11,10] | A#m Am R1 [-1,1,3,3,2,1] | Bm Am R2 [-1,2,4,4,3,2] | ||
| Dm | D#m Dm R1 [-1,-1,1,3,4,2] | Em Dm R2 [-1,-1,2,4,5,3] | Fm Dm R3 [-1,-1,3,5,6,4] | F#m Dm R4 [-1,-1,4,6,7,5] | Gm Dm R5 [-1,-1,5,7,8,6] | G#m Dm R6 [-1,-1,6,8,9,7] | Am Dm R7 [-1,-1,7,9,10,8] | A#m Dm R8 [-1,-1,8,10,11,9] | Bm Dm R9 [-1,-1,9,11,12,10] | |||
| Em7 | Cm7 Em7 R8 [8,10,8,8,8,8] | C#m7 Em7 R9 [9,11,9,9,9,9] | Dm7 Em7 R10 [10,12,10,10,10,10] | Fm7 Em7 R1 [1,3,1,1,1,1] | F#m7 Em7 R2 [2,4,2,2,2,2] | Gm7 Em7 R3 [3,5,3,3,3,3] | G#m7 Em7 R4 [4,6,4,4,4,4] | Am7 Em7 R5 [5,7,5,5,5,5] | A#m7 Em7 R6 [6,8,6,6,6,6] | Bm7 Em7 R7 [7,9,7,7,7,7] | ||
| Am7 | Cm7 Am7 R3 [-1,3,5,3,4,3] | C#m7 Am7 R4 [-1,4,6,4,5,4] | Dm7 Am7 R5 [-1,5,7,5,6,5] | D#m7 Am7 R6 [-1,6,8,6,7,6] | Em7 Am7 R7 [-1,7,9,7,8,7] | Fm7 Am7 R8 [-1,8,10,8,9,8] | F#m7 Am7 R9 [-1,9,11,9,10,9] | Gm7 Am7 R10 [-1,10,12,10,11,10] | A#m7 Am7 R1 [-1,1,3,1,2,1] | Bm7 Am7 R2 [-1,2,4,2,3,2] | ||
| Dm7 | Cm7 Dm7 R10 [-1,-1,10,12,11,11] | D#m7 Dm7 R1 [-1,-1,1,3,2,2] | Em7 Dm7 R2 [-1,-1,2,4,3,3] | Fm7 Dm7 R3 [-1,-1,3,5,4,4] | F#m7 Dm7 R4 [-1,-1,4,6,5,5] | Gm7 Dm7 R5 [-1,-1,5,7,6,6] | G#m7 Dm7 R6 [-1,-1,6,8,7,7] | Am7 Dm7 R7 [-1,-1,7,9,8,8] | A#m7 Dm7 R8 [-1,-1,8,10,9,9] | Bm7 Dm7 R9 [-1,-1,9,11,10,10] | ||
| Emaj7 | CMaj7 Emaj7 R8 [8,10,9,9,8,8] | C#Maj7 Emaj7 R9 [9,11,10,10,9,9] | DMaj7 Emaj7 R10 [10,12,11,11,10,10] | FMaj7 Emaj7 R1 [1,3,2,2,1,1] | F#Maj7 Emaj7 R2 [2,4,3,3,2,2] | GMaj7 Emaj7 R3 [3,5,4,4,3,3] | G#Maj7 Emaj7 R4 [4,6,5,5,4,4] | AMaj7 Emaj7 R5 [5,7,6,6,5,5] | A#Maj7 Emaj7 R6 [6,8,7,7,6,6] | BMaj7 Emaj7 R7 [7,9,8,8,7,7] | ||
| Amaj7 | CMaj7 Amaj7 R3 [-1,3,5,4,5,3] | C#Maj7 Amaj7 R4 [-1,4,6,5,6,4] | DMaj7 Amaj7 R5 [-1,5,7,6,7,5] | D#Maj7 Amaj7 R6 [-1,6,8,7,8,6] | EMaj7 Amaj7 R7 [-1,7,9,8,9,7] | FMaj7 Amaj7 R8 [-1,8,10,9,10,8] | F#Maj7 Amaj7 R9 [-1,9,11,10,11,9] | GMaj7 Amaj7 R10 [-1,10,12,11,12,10] | A#Maj7 Amaj7 R1 [-1,1,3,2,3,1] | BMaj7 Amaj7 R2 [-1,2,4,3,4,2] | ||
| Dmaj7 | CMaj7 Dmaj7 R10 [-1,-1,10,12,12,12] | D#Maj7 Dmaj7 R1 [-1,-1,1,3,3,3] | EMaj7 Dmaj7 R2 [-1,-1,2,4,4,4] | FMaj7 Dmaj7 R3 [-1,-1,3,5,5,5] | F#Maj7 Dmaj7 R4 [-1,-1,4,6,6,6] | GMaj7 Dmaj7 R5 [-1,-1,5,7,7,7] | G#Maj7 Dmaj7 R6 [-1,-1,6,8,8,8] | AMaj7 Dmaj7 R7 [-1,-1,7,9,9,9] | A#Maj7 Dmaj7 R8 [-1,-1,8,10,10,10] | BMaj7 Dmaj7 R9 [-1,-1,9,11,11,11] | ||
| Cmaj7 | C#Maj7 Cmaj7 R4 [-1,4,-1,1,1,1] | DMaj7 Cmaj7 R5 [-1,5,-1,2,2,2] | D#Maj7 Cmaj7 R6 [-1,6,-1,3,3,3] | EMaj7 Cmaj7 R7 [-1,7,-1,4,4,4] | FMaj7 Cmaj7 R8 [-1,8,-1,5,5,5] | F#Maj7 Cmaj7 R9 [-1,9,-1,6,6,6] | GMaj7 Cmaj7 R10 [-1,10,-1,7,7,7] | G#Maj7 Cmaj7 R11 [-1,11,-1,8,8,8] | AMaj7 Cmaj7 R12 [-1,12,-1,9,9,9] | |||
| Gmaj7 | CMaj7 Gmaj7 R8 [8,-1,5,5,5,-1] | C#Maj7 Gmaj7 R9 [9,-1,6,6,6,-1] | DMaj7 Gmaj7 R10 [10,-1,7,7,7,-1] | D#Maj7 Gmaj7 R11 [11,-1,8,8,8,-1] | EMaj7 Gmaj7 R12 [12,-1,9,9,9,-1] | G#Maj7 Gmaj7 R4 [4,-1,1,1,1,-1] | AMaj7 Gmaj7 R5 [5,-1,2,2,2,-1] | A#Maj7 Gmaj7 R6 [6,-1,3,3,3,-1] | BMaj7 Gmaj7 R7 [7,-1,4,4,4,-1] | |||
| E7 | C7 E7 R8 [8,10,8,9,8,8] | C#7 E7 R9 [9,11,9,10,9,9] | D7 E7 R10 [10,12,10,11,10,10] | F7 E7 R1 [1,3,1,2,1,1] | F#7 E7 R2 [2,4,2,3,2,2] | G7 E7 R3 [3,5,3,4,3,3] | G#7 E7 R4 [4,6,4,5,4,4] | A7 E7 R5 [5,7,5,6,5,5] | A#7 E7 R6 [6,8,6,7,6,6] | B7 E7 R7 [7,9,7,8,7,7] | ||
| A7 | C7 A7 R3 [-1,3,5,3,5,3] | C#7 A7 R4 [-1,4,6,4,6,4] | D7 A7 R5 [-1,5,7,5,7,5] | D#7 A7 R6 [-1,6,8,6,8,6] | E7 A7 R7 [-1,7,9,7,9,7] | F7 A7 R8 [-1,8,10,8,10,8] | F#7 A7 R9 [-1,9,11,9,11,9] | G7 A7 R10 [-1,10,12,10,12,10] | A#7 A7 R1 [-1,1,3,1,3,1] | B7 A7 R2 [-1,2,4,2,4,2] | ||
| D7 | C7 D7 R10 [-1,-1,10,12,11,12] | D#7 D7 R1 [-1,-1,1,3,2,3] | E7 D7 R2 [-1,-1,2,4,3,4] | F7 D7 R3 [-1,-1,3,5,4,5] | F#7 D7 R4 [-1,-1,4,6,5,6] | G7 D7 R5 [-1,-1,5,7,6,7] | G#7 D7 R6 [-1,-1,6,8,7,8] | A7 D7 R7 [-1,-1,7,9,8,9] | A#7 D7 R8 [-1,-1,8,10,9,10] | B7 D7 R9 [-1,-1,9,11,10,11] | ||
| C7 | C#7 C7 R4 [-1,4,-1,4,2,1] | D7 C7 R5 [-1,5,-1,5,3,2] | D#7 C7 R6 [-1,6,-1,6,4,3] | E7 C7 R7 [-1,7,-1,7,5,4] | F7 C7 R8 [-1,8,-1,8,6,5] | F#7 C7 R9 [-1,9,-1,9,7,6] | G7 C7 R10 [-1,10,-1,10,8,7] | G#7 C7 R11 [-1,11,-1,11,9,8] | A7 C7 R12 [-1,12,-1,12,10,9] | |||
| G7 | C7 G7 R8 [8,-1,5,5,5,6] | C#7 G7 R9 [9,-1,6,6,6,7] | D7 G7 R10 [10,-1,7,7,7,8] | D#7 G7 R11 [11,-1,8,8,8,9] | E7 G7 R12 [12,-1,9,9,9,10] | G#7 G7 R4 [4,-1,1,1,1,2] | A7 G7 R5 [5,-1,2,2,2,3] | A#7 G7 R6 [6,-1,3,3,3,4] | B7 G7 R7 [7,-1,4,4,4,5] | |||
| E5 | C5 E5 R8 [8,10,10,-1,-1,-1] | C#5 E5 R9 [9,11,11,-1,-1,-1] | D5 E5 R10 [10,12,12,-1,-1,-1] | F5 E5 R1 [1,3,3,-1,-1,-1] | F#5 E5 R2 [2,4,4,-1,-1,-1] | G5 E5 R3 [3,5,5,-1,-1,-1] | G#5 E5 R4 [4,6,6,-1,-1,-1] | A5 E5 R5 [5,7,7,-1,-1,-1] | A#5 E5 R6 [6,8,8,-1,-1,-1] | B5 E5 R7 [7,9,9,-1,-1,-1] | ||
| A5 | C5 A5 R3 [-1,3,5,5,-1,-1] | C#5 A5 R4 [-1,4,6,6,-1,-1] | D5 A5 R5 [-1,5,7,7,-1,-1] | D#5 A5 R6 [-1,6,8,8,-1,-1] | E5 A5 R7 [-1,7,9,9,-1,-1] | F5 A5 R8 [-1,8,10,10,-1,-1] | F#5 A5 R9 [-1,9,11,11,-1,-1] | G5 A5 R10 [-1,10,12,12,-1,-1] | A#5 A5 R1 [-1,1,3,3,-1,-1] | B5 A5 R2 [-1,2,4,4,-1,-1] | ||
| D5 | D#5 D5 R1 [-1,-1,1,3,4,-1] | E5 D5 R2 [-1,-1,2,4,5,-1] | F5 D5 R3 [-1,-1,3,5,6,-1] | F#5 D5 R4 [-1,-1,4,6,7,-1] | G5 D5 R5 [-1,-1,5,7,8,-1] | G#5 D5 R6 [-1,-1,6,8,9,-1] | A5 D5 R7 [-1,-1,7,9,10,-1] | A#5 D5 R8 [-1,-1,8,10,11,-1] | B5 D5 R9 [-1,-1,9,11,12,-1] |
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