Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

CM6♯5C Major 6th Sharp 5th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

CM6♯5 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 Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 x 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 11 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (x 18 19 19 19) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

CM6♯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 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 7 7 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 x 7 7 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 7 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 7 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 x 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 11 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (x 18 19 19 19) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How CM6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettledcurious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 6

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