Banjo C6 chord (C Tuning)C sixth on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 1 2, and 6 more shapes

C6 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 2 1 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C6 (C sixth) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 2 1 2, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 2 1 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, middle finger, A
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, ring finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: C A C E  ·  C6 is C, E, G, A (1 · 3 · 5 · 6)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of C6, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C6 shapes

  1. 4213gEACE4 2 1 2
    at the nut
  2. 134gCAEG0 2 5 5
    open
  3. 5fr13gCGEA0 0 5 7
    5fr
  4. 7fr321gCEGA0 9 8 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr123gCEAC0 9 10 10
    9fr
  6. 12fr1324gCACE12 14 13 14
    12fr

Other C chords in C Tuning

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other sixth chords

G6A6D6C6B6E6F6B♭6

C6 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app