Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

CMC Major

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Etone

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

CM fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 3rd (x 4 5 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (8 8 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x 16 17 15 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (20 20 20 20 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — Open (x x 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 3rd (x 4 5 3 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (8 8 8 8 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x 16 17 15 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (20 20 20 20 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — Open (x x 1 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 5 3 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

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Theory

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NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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