Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

CM(add4)C Major Added 4th

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Formula 1 · 3 · 4 · 5  ·  Notes C · E · F · G

How to play it

CM(add4) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · 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 Major Added 4th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 11 12) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 12 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 14 11 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 14 14 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 13 12 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

CM(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 2) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 11 12) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 12 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 11 12) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 12 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 14 11 14) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 14 14 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 13 12 14) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
Sound

How CM(add4) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensecrowded
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F · G
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 4 · 5
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