Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯MC♯ Major

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

C♯M 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♯ Major guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — G-shape, 6th (9 8 6 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 13) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — C-shape, 13th (x 16 15 13 14 13) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar chord — G-shape, 18th (21 20 18 18 18 21) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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♯ Major guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 2 1) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 6 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — G-shape, 6th (9 8 6 6 6 9) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 10 9 9) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 13) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — C-shape, 13th (x 16 15 13 14 13) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 18 16) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Major guitar tab — G-shape, 18th (21 20 18 18 18 21) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C♯M sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6

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