Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯mC♯ Minor

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes D · F · A

How to play it

C♯m fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA) · 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♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 14) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 12 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 9) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯m 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 4 5) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (11 11 12 14) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 16 17) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 12 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 9) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 12 x) in Tenor (CGDA) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯m sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6

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