Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented guitar chord — Open (2 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — Open (2 3 4 1) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (14 11 12 13) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar chord — 13th position (14 x 16 13) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C+ 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 Augmented guitar tab — Open (2 x 4 1) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — Open (2 3 4 1) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 5) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 8 9) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 x 13) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (14 11 12 13) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

C Augmented guitar tab — 13th position (14 x 16 13) in Irish Tenor (GDAE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6

Same notes asCM♯5

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