Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Co7♯5C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Atone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 6 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A

How to play it

Co7♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 0 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 4 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Co7♯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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 x 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 0 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 1 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 x 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 1 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 3 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 4 x 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Co7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarleddissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 6

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