Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C+7C Augmented 7th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

C+7 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 Augmented 7th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

C+7 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 Augmented 7th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 8 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 6 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 8 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 8 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 8 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 8 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 8 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How C+7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7

Same notes asC7♯5

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