Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

C♯mC♯ Minor

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes D · F · A

How to play it

C♯m 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 guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (13 13 14 16) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (x 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (1 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (13 x 14 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 11th position (13 13 14 11) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)

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

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 — Open (1 1 2 4) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x 6 6 7) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (13 13 14 16) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (x 18 18 19) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (1 1 2 x) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (13 x 14 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 11th position (13 13 14 11) in Tenor (CGDA)

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

Sound

How C♯m sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6

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