Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

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 G (gDGBD) · 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 7 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 7 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 7 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 7 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x x 11 12 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x x 11 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

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 — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 7 5 x x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 7 5 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 7 5 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 7 5 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x x 11 12 14) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x x 11 14 12) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5

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