1. Are they any tricks for remembering the partial forms the
various CAGED shapes? Since each major form has a number of partial
forms, it's a bit hard to remember all of them, and I'm wondering if
there are any tricks to it.
In Fretboard Theory, I use Xs to illustrate on the fretboard where the unused notes are with each shape. This is done so that you can always relate a partial chord form to its complete parent CAGED form. The whole form should always be your focus, even when you're just fingering part of it. The more songs you learn and the more you routinely incorporate the shapes in your guitar playing, the better everything will stick.
2. Can you also give the names of some songs other than hard rock as
examples of songs that use the partial forms? Most of the examples in
your book (I think) are from the hard rock genre and I'm only familiar
with a very few of them. (I'm from the older generation.) About the
only artist that I'm familiar with from your examples is Eric Clapton.
I plan to reference more CAGED songs in the future. What guitar music and artists would you like to see?
