Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

CM♭5C Major Flat 5th

CRoot

Etone

F♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes C · E · F♯

How to play it

CM♭5 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x x 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 1 2) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 x 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 7 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x x 12 11 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5

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