Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2, 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 — 3rd position (x 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 12) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

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 — 3rd position (x 3 3 4) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 8) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 12) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 12) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 15 16) in Plectrum (CGBD) · Capo 2

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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