Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯mC♯ Minor

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes D · F · A

How to play it

C♯m fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x x 6 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (6 6 6 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 11 9 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x x 18 17 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (18 18 18 17 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x x x 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 x 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯m 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x x 6 5 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (6 6 6 5 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 11 9 9 11 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x x 18 17 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (18 18 18 17 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x x x 2 2 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 x 5 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯m sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6

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