Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C+♭5C Augmented Flat 5th

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Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · F♯ · G♯

How to play it

C+♭5 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 4 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 x 7 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

C+♭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 Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 1 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 4 1 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 x 5 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 4 5 5 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 x 7 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 9 7 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C+♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6

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