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

C♯7♯5C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th

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Formula ♭2 · 4 · 6 · 7 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · C

How to play it

C♯7♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x x 9 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 x 9 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 7 9 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 9 9 10 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C♯7♯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♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 x 1 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x x 9 10 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 9 10 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 x 9 x 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 7 9 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 9 9 10 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C♯7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 6 · 7

Same notes asC♯+7

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