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

CMC Major

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Etone

Gtone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

CM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — Open (x x 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 4 1 4) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

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

Read it as tab

CM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 4 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 16 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — Open (x x 0 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 0 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 4 1 4) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

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

Sound

How CM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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