Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Augmented guitar chord — Open (0 1 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (0 5 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (0 5 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

C+ 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 Augmented guitar tab — Open (0 1 x 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 x 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 6 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (0 5 5 x 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (0 5 5 6 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 x 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 6 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How C+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6

Same notes asCM♯5

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