Cmaj7#5

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Cmaj7#5Shape 1 of 4
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Cmaj7#5 chord at a glance

C major 7th sharp 5 (Cmaj7#5) is built from the notes C – E – G# – B. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

Cmaj7#5 shape 1, Open321
Shape 1 · Openx 3 2 1 0 0
Cmaj7#5 shape 2, Fret 331423
Shape 2 · Fret 3x 3 6 4 5 0
Cmaj7#5 shape 3, Fret 554321
Shape 3 · Fret 58 7 6 5 0 0
Cmaj7#5 shape 4, Fret 881432
Shape 4 · Fret 88 11 10 9 0 0