Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Cm♭5C Minor Flat 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

Cm♭5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x x 6 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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 Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 2 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x x 6 5 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 5 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 5 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Cm♭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

NotesC · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asC°

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