Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

CM(add4)C Major Added 4th

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Formula 1 · 3 · 4 · 5 · Notes C · E · F · G

How to play it

CM(add4) fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Added 4th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 17 15 17) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Added 4th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 17 17 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

CM(add4) 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 Added 4th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 5 3 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 17 15 17) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Added 4th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 17 17 15) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How CM(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 4 · 5

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