Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

CMC Major

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Etone

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

CM 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 5 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (10 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 17 17 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (22 21 20 22 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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

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

Read it as tab

CM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x 5 5 5 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (10 9 8 10 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 17 17 17 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (22 21 20 22 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 x 2 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 x 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Major guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 5 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How CM sounds

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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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