Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯m♭5C♯ Minor Flat 5th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · Notes D · F · G♯

How to play it

C♯m♭5 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, 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♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯m♭5 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♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 2) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 2) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 11 11 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯m♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5

Same notes asC♯°

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