Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

CM♯13C Major Sharp 13th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

CM♯13 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM♯13 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 Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM♯13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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