Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

C♯m6C♯ Minor 6th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Btone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · Notes D · F · A · B

How to play it

C♯m6 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 6th guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor 6th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 14 13) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

Read it as tab

C♯m6 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 6th guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 1) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor 6th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 14 13) in Tenor (CGDA)

Sound

How C♯m6 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

NotesD · F · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7

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