Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

CM7C Major 7th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Btone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes C · E · G · B

How to play it

CM7 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, 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 guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 17th position (x 17 18 20 17) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar chord — 20th position (21 21 21 20 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM7 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 guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 8 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 9 8 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 9 8 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 9 8 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 x 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 9 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 17th position (x 17 18 20 17) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major 7th guitar tab — 20th position (21 21 21 20 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM7 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7

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