Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

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), 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 — 4th position (x 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 7 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 7 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 7 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 9 7 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x x 13 14 16) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x x 13 16 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (x 17 x 14 16) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 — 4th position (x 5 5 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 7 x x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 7 x 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 7 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 9 7 10 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x x 13 14 16) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x x 13 16 14) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (x 17 x 14 16) in Open G (gDGBD)

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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