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Root

C# Db

D# Eb

F# Gb

G# Ab

A# Bb

Qualitymajor

Familymajor

Degrees1 3 5

Chord tonesC · E · G

voicings34

instruments4

Spellings

C

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Chord tones: C · E · G

Notation

C · E · G

Voicings by instrument

Guitar

14 voicings

Standard · EADGBE

14 voicings

Easy Open Root position Low position

Frets: X · 3 · 2 · 0 · 1 · 0
Notes: —

Standard Open Root position Low position

Frets: X · 3 · 2 · 0 · 1 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 3 · X · 2 · 0 · 1 · 0
Notes: —

Standard Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 3 · 3 · 2 · 0 · 1 · 0
Notes: —

Standard Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 3 · X · 2 · 0 · 1 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: 3 · 3 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Root position

Frets: X · 3 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 3
Notes: —

Standard

Frets: X · X · 10 · 9 · 8 · 8
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: X · X · 5 · 5 · 5 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: X · 7 · 5 · 5 · 5 · X
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: X · X · 5 · 5 · 5 · 8
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Root position

Frets: 8 · 10 · 10 · 9 · 8 · X
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Root position

Frets: 8 · 10 · 10 · 9 · 8 · 8
Notes: —

Stretch Movable Barre Root position

Frets: 8 · 7 · 5 · 5 · 5 · 8
Notes: —

Ukulele

8 voicings

Low G · GCEA

3 voicings

Easy Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 0 · 0 · 0 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Root position

Frets: 5 · 4 · 3 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: 9 · 7 · 8 · 7
Notes: —

High G · GCEA

5 voicings

Easy Open Root position Low position

Frets: 0 · 0 · 0 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: 5 · 4 · 3 · 3
Notes: —

Standard Movable Inversion Mid position

Frets: 9 · 7 · 8 · 7
Notes: —

Standard Movable Inversion Mid position

Frets: 5 · 7 · 8 · 7
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: X · 7 · 8 · 7
Notes: —

Baritone Ukulele

4 voicings

DGBE

4 voicings

Easy Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 2 · 0 · 1 · 0
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: 5 · 5 · 5 · 8
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Root position

Frets: 10 · 9 · 8 · 8
Notes: —

Standard Movable Inversion High position

Frets: 14 · 12 · 13 · 12
Notes: —

Cavaquinho

4 voicings

DGBD

4 voicings

Easy Open Inversion Low position

Frets: 2 · 0 · 1 · 2
Notes: —

Standard Movable Barre Inversion

Frets: 5 · 5 · 5 · 5
Notes: —

Standard Movable Root position High position

Frets: 10 · 9 · 8 · 10
Notes: —

Standard Movable High position

Frets: 8 · 9 · 8 · 10
Notes: —

Piano

4 voicings

Standard

4 voicings

Root position

Intervals: —
Notes: C3 · C4 · E4 · G4

Root position

Intervals: —
Notes: C4 · E4 · G4

Root position

Intervals: —
Notes: C3 · E3 · G3 · C4

Intervals: —
Notes: C3 · E4 · G4 · C5

Used on Manouke

Published Songs, Grilles, Exercises and Learning Paths that actually use this chord.

49 Songs

52 Grilles

11 Exercises

2 Learning Paths

Songs · 49

After you've gone 3 Grilles · 16×
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue 2 Grilles · 20×
Ain't She Sweet 1 Grille · 24×
Jura 1 Grille · 21×
David a Goliáš 1 Grille · 19×

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Les Champs Elysées 1 Grille · 16×
Viper's dream 1 Grille · 12×
Major Swing 1 Grille · 9×
Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho! 1 Grille · 8×
Brejeiro 1 Grille · 8×
Odeon 1 Grille · 8×
ABC 1 Grille · 7×
Azzurro 1 Grille · 7×
Exactly like you 1 Grille · 7×
Nagasaki 1 Grille · 7×
Comme un manouche sans guitare 1 Grille · 6×
Padáková věžička 1 Grille · 6×
Tears 1 Grille · 6×
The Lambeth Walk 1 Grille · 6×
You Made Me Love You ( Estoy Enamorado ) 1 Grille · 6×
I wanna be like you 1 Grille · 5×
My Baby Just Cares for Me 1 Grille · 5×
Presentation Stomp 1 Grille · 5×
Believe It, Beloved 1 Grille · 4×
Black and White 1 Grille · 4×
Les Copains d'abord 1 Grille · 4×
All of me 1 Grille · 3×
Mackie Messer 1 Grille · 3×
Swing 42 1 Grille · 3×
Three Little Words 1 Grille · 3×
Canaria 1 Grille · 2×
Fleur de Lavande 1 Grille · 2×
Rosetta 1 Grille · 2×
Ultrafox 1 Grille · 2×
Você Abusou 1 Grille · 2×
A Little Love, a Little Kiss ( Un peu d'amour ) 1 Grille · 1×
Belleville Rendez-Vous 1 Grille · 1×
Conselho 1 Grille · 1×
J'attendrai ( Tornerai ) 1 Grille · 1×
La Verdine 1 Grille · 1×
Made in France 1 Grille · 1×
Me Digom Les Glei 1 Grille · 1×
Noto Swing 1 Grille · 1×
Runnin' Wild 1 Grille · 1×
Solitude 1 Grille · 1×
Some Of These Days 1 Grille · 1×
Tico-Tico no Fubá 1 Grille · 1×
Un peu de rêve 1 Grille · 1×
Wave ( Vou Te Contar ) 1 Grille · 1×

Grilles · 52

Ain't She Sweet (Classical Ukulele) 24×
Jura (Cavaquinho version) 21×
David a Goliáš (Easy ukulele) 19×
Les Champs Elysées (Classic version) 16×
Viper's dream (Manouche) 12×

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After you've gone (Manouke version in F) 10×
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Ukulele standard) 10×
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Ukulele standard version) 10×
Major Swing (Manouche) 9×
Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho! (cavaco version) 8×
Brejeiro (Cavaquinho version) 8×
Odeon (Cavaquinho version) 8×
ABC (Ukulele background chords) 7×
Azzurro (Manouke version) 7×
Exactly like you (Manouche - easy chords) 7×
Nagasaki (Manouche) 7×
Comme un manouche sans guitare (Manouche) 6×
Padáková věžička (Basic chords) 6×
Tears (Manouche) 6×
The Lambeth Walk (Manouche) 6×
You Made Me Love You ( Estoy Enamorado ) (Oscar Aleman) 6×
I wanna be like you (Manouche) 5×
My Baby Just Cares for Me (Original version) 5×
Presentation Stomp (Manouche) 5×
Believe It, Beloved (Manouche) 4×
Black and White (Manouche) 4×
Les Copains d'abord (Manouche) 4×
After you've gone (Easy chords with intro) 3×
After you've gone (Manouche) 3×
All of me (Manouche) 3×
Mackie Messer (Modulation A - D#) 3×
Swing 42 (Ukulele) 3×
Three Little Words (Manouche) 3×
Canaria (Manouche) 2×
Fleur de Lavande (Manouche) 2×
Rosetta (Manouche) 2×
Ultrafox (Manouche) 2×
Você Abusou (Classic version) 2×
A Little Love, a Little Kiss ( Un peu d'amour ) (Manouche) 1×
Belleville Rendez-Vous (Manouche) 1×
Conselho (Classic cavaquinho version) 1×
J'attendrai ( Tornerai ) (Manouche) 1×
La Verdine (Manouche) 1×
Made in France (Manouche) 1×
Me Digom Les Glei (Zigeli Winter Quartett version) 1×
Noto Swing (Manouche) 1×
Runnin' Wild (Some Like It Hot version) 1×
Solitude (Manouche) 1×
Some Of These Days (Manouche) 1×
Tico-Tico no Fubá (Cavaqionho versiom) 1×
Un peu de rêve (Manouche) 1×
Wave ( Vou Te Contar ) (Manouche version in key of G) 1×

Exercises · 11

Show 6 more

Learning Paths · 2

Harmony Basics — The Way Home 6 matching materials · 56×
Belleville - from beginner to Master 4 matching materials · 45×

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Same chord in another root

C# Db

D# Eb

F# Gb

G# Ab

A# Bb

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Common chord colors

Major

C C6 C6/9 Cmaj7 Cadd9

Minor

Cm Cm6 Cm7 Cmadd9 Cm9

Power

Suspended

Csus2 Csus4 C7sus4

Dominant

C7 C9 C13

Half Diminished

Cm7b5

Diminished

Cdim Cdim7

Augmented

Caug

More colors

Minor

Cm6/9 CmMaj7 Cm11 Cm13 Cm#5

Major

Cmaj9 Cmaj11 Cmaj13 Cmaj7#11 Cmaj7b5 Cadd11

Dominant

C11 C7b5 C7#5 C7b9 C7#9 C7#11 C7b13 C13b9 C7b5b9 C9#11

Suspended

C9sus4 Cmaj9sus4

All C chords

major

minor

power

Csus2

suspended

Csus4

suspended

major

Cm6

minor

C6/9

major

dominant

Cmaj7

major

Cm7

minor

Cm7b5

half diminished

Cdim

diminished

Cdim7

diminished

Caug

augmented

Cadd9

major

Cmadd9

minor

dominant

Cm9

minor

C13

dominant

C7sus4

suspended

Cm6/9

minor

CmMaj7

minor

Cmaj9

major

C11

dominant

Cmaj11

major

Cm11

minor

Cmaj13

major

Cm13

minor

C9sus4

suspended

C7b5

dominant

C7#5

dominant

C7b9

dominant

C7#9

dominant

C7#11

dominant

C7b13

dominant

C13b9

dominant

Cmaj7#11

major

Cmaj7b5

major

C7b5b9

dominant

Cadd11

major

Cm#5

minor

Cmaj9sus4

suspended

C9#11

dominant