Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

Cm♭5C Minor Flat 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm♭5 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 16th position (x 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

Read it as tab

Cm♭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 Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 4 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 5 4 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 4 4) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 11 x 13) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 11 13 13) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 16th position (x 17 16 16) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How Cm♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asC°

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