Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯M♯5C♯ Major Sharp 5th

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F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 6 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

C♯M♯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♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 x x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 11 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 11 11) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (x 18 17 x 19) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Read it as tab

C♯M♯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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 x 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 5 7 7) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 x x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 x 11) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 11 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 11 11) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (x 18 17 x 19) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

Sound

How C♯M♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 6

Same notes asC♯+

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