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

CM♭5C Major Flat 5th

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F♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes C · E · F♯

How to play it

CM♭5 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 Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 0 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 0 2 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 0 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 0 2 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 0 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 0 2 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 0 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 x x 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How CM♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

quirkyunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5

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