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

C♯mC♯ Minor

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes D · F · A

How to play it

C♯m 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♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 10th (10 12 12 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 15 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

Read it as tab

C♯m 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♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 3 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 10th (10 12 12 10 10 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 15 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

Sound

How C♯m sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6

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