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Cb on guitar

Cb is a major, spelled Cb, Eb and Gb. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x24442, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 2 and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteCbEbGb
Interval1P3M5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Cb major, open position, capo 0234
x24442sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 2 and mutes 1 string
Cb major, open position, capo 02143
x21402sits at fret 1, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb major, position 7, capo 07fr342
799877sits at fret 7 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 7
Cb major, position 4, capo 04fr324
764407sits at fret 4, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 4 and lets 1 string ring open
Cb major, position 9, capo 09fr123
xx911011sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Cb major, position 8, capo 08fr21
xx980xsits at fret 8, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
Cb major, position 6, capo 06fr2143
76980xsits at fret 6, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb major, position 11, capo 011fr3214
x141311014sits at fret 11, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb major, position 13, capo 013fr231
141413xxxsits at fret 13, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Cb major, open position, capo 01234
x2444xsits at fret 2, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
Cb major, open position, capo 0231
xxx442sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
Cb major, open position, capo 0231
221xxxsits at fret 1, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Cb turns up as an A shape, a G shape, an E shape and a D shape: A at fret 2, G at fret 4, E at fret 7, D at fret 9.

Cb major, open position, capo 0234
A shapeCb as an A shape: barre at fret 2, fingered x24442.
Cb major, position 4, capo 04fr324
G shapeCb as a G shape: barre at fret 4, fingered 764447.
Cb major, position 7, capo 07fr342
E shapeCb as an E shape: barre at fret 7, fingered 799877.
Cb major, position 9, capo 09fr1243
D shapeCb as a D shape: index finger at fret 9, fingered xx9111211.

Keys Cb belongs to

Cb is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Cb in another tuning

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