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

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

C+ 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 guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 2 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 2 2 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 2 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 2 2 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 x 2 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Augmented guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How C+ 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 asCM♯5

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