Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C°♯5C Diminished Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · G♯

How to play it

C°♯5 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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 Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 6) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 15 16 18) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 15 18 16) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

C°♯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 Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 4 6) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 15 16 18) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 15 18 16) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How C°♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledtense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6

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