Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

CM♯13C Major Sharp 13th

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Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

CM♯13 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 Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (12 12 11 14 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

CM♯13 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 Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (12 12 11 14 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 x 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 5 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 5 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 5 5 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 5 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 8 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How CM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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