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

CMC Major

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How to play it

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

C Major guitar chord — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — G-shape, 6th (9 8 6 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — C-shape, 13th (x 16 15 13 14 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar chord — G-shape, 18th (21 20 18 18 18 21) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

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

C Major guitar tab — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — G-shape, 6th (9 8 6 6 6 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 10 9 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — C-shape, 13th (x 16 15 13 14 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Major guitar tab — G-shape, 18th (21 20 18 18 18 21) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How CM sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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