Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯M♯5G♯ Major Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · Notes E · G♯ · C

How to play it

G♯M♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1, 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).

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x x 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 x x x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 7 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x x 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯M♯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.

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 x x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 x 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x x 8 x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 x x x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 7 8 x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x x 8 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯M♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3

Same notes asG♯+

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