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

CMC Major

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes C · E · G

How to play it

CM fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — M-shape, 3rd (x 3 3 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (8 7 8 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x 15 15 15 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (x x 20 19 18 20) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (20 19 20 19 18 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 x x 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — M-shape, 3rd (x 3 3 3 3 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 7 6 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (8 7 8 7 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x 15 15 15 15 15) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (x x 20 19 18 20) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (20 19 20 19 18 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x x 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 x x 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How CM sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5

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