Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Cm♯5C Minor Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭6 · Notes C · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

Cm♯5 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x x x 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Cm♯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.

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 x 3 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 x 3 3) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 3 3 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x x x 3 3 3) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 3) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 3) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Cm♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭6

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