Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C+7♭5C Augmented 7th Flat 5th

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G♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · F♯ · G♯ · A♯

How to play it

C+7♭5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 x 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 15th position (x 15 16 15 17 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 20th position (22 21 20 21 21 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 20th position (22 21 20 21 21 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 3 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 9 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 9 9 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 x 11 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 10 11 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 15th position (x 15 16 15 17 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 20th position (22 21 20 21 21 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 20th position (22 21 20 21 21 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C+7♭5 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · G♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7

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