Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

CM♯13C Major Sharp 13th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

CM♯13 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2, 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 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (6 5 4 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x 13 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (18 17 16 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CM♯13 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 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 5 4 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (6 5 4 5 4 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x 13 13 11 13 13) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 17 16 16) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (18 17 16 17 16 16) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 x 1 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 x 1 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 1 1 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM♯13 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyunresolved

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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