Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

CM♯5C Major Sharp 5th

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G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

CM♯5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 x 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 x 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 x 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM♯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 Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 x 1 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 x 1 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 x 1 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

C Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 x 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6

Same notes asC+

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