Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯M6♯5C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th

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F♯tone

A♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 6 · ♭7 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · B

How to play it

C♯M6♯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 — 7th position (x 7 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (x 19 20 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Read it as tab

C♯M6♯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 — 7th position (x 7 8 8 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 8 7 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

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

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

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 x 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 11 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C♯ Major 6th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (x 19 20 20 20) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Sound

How C♯M6♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettledcurious

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 6 · ♭7

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