Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

Cm♯5C Minor Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭6 · Notes C · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

Cm♯5 fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (0 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 13 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 1 3) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 5 6 6) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 6) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (0 x 6 6) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 x 13 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 13 13 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 13 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How Cm♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭6

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