Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

CM(add4)C Major Added 4th

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Formula 1 · 3 · 4 · 5 · Notes C · E · F · G

How to play it

CM(add4) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 4 2 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 13 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 14 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 12 13 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 12 14 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 16 14 16) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM(add4) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 4 2 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 13 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 14 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 12 13 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 12 14 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 16 14 16) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 16 16 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

rockexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 4 · 5

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