Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

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

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 x 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C+ 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 guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 x 3) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 3) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 x 15) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6

Same notes asCM♯5

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