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

CM7♯5C Major 7th Sharp 5th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

CM7♯5 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 Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 x 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 18 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM7♯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 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 x 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 6 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 6 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 6 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 7 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 x 18) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 18 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 18 18) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7

Same notes asC+M7

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