Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

CM7♯5C Major 7th Sharp 5th

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Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · Notes C · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

CM7♯5 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 Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (12 9 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (12 9 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (12 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (12 9 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

CM7♯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 Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 0 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 5 x 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 5 6 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 5 6 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (12 9 9 x 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (12 9 9 9 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (12 9 9 9 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (12 9 9 9 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How CM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

etherealmysterioussuspenseful

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7

Same notes asC+M7

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