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# Lesson 2 - Triads Becoming Dyads

 [  Michael Palmisano @michael  ](/user/4/view)We've taken our CAGED shapes and reduced them to their smallest triad form. Now, we remove ALL the fat, and focus on essential dyads: 2 note chords that contain the third. The third creates chord function more than any other note, which is…

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