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CGCGCD Guitar Tuner

CGCGCD C Modal - Guitar tuning, chords & scales

Description - C Modal

A very useful tuning is CGCGCD which has much in common with DADGAD. Both tunings have 3 strings tuned as the main root note of the tuning 2 strings being the 5th and one odd string out. In DADGAD the odd string out is the G which in the key of D is the 4th. In CGCGCD the odd string is the D which in the key of C is the 2nd.

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Capos for CGCGCD

Capo Tuning Name
-5 GDGDGA Drop G Modal
-4 G#D#G#D#G#A# Open G#?
-3 AEAEAB A Modal
-2 A#FA#FA#C A# Minor
-1 BF#BF#BC# B Modal
0 CGCGCD C Modal
1 C#G#C#G#C#D# Open C Sus2
2 DADADE DADADE
3 D#A#D#A#D#F DADADF
4 EBEBEF# E Sus2

Scales for CGCGCD

A A# B C C# D

More CGCGCD Resources

Songs tuned to CGCGCD

Artist Song Album Tab
Nic Jones Canadee I O Penguin Eggs View Tab
Led Zeppelin The Rain Song 1980-06-17: Dortmund 1980: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany
Al Petteway Funky C Funky Do Caledon Wood
The Tea Party winter solstice Live From Australia (The Reformation Tour 2012)
Nick Drake canadee-i-o
Kaki King Fortuna Everybody Loves You
The Tallest Man On Earth Wind and Walls There’s No Leaving Now
Jay Farrar (Woody Guthrie) Hoping Machine
Owen An Island Colossal / Owen View Tab
Justin St-Pierre rafale
Gordon Giltrap Fionas Smile

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Videos for CGCGCD on

Medley in C modal tuning on a nylon string
Medley in C modal tuning on a nylon string
1007 views - 1 Aug 2020
Modal C
Modal C
2307 views - 4 Sep 2019
c modal tuning page 106
C modal tuning page 106
764 views - 31 Jan 2020
Fox/ C modal tuning
Fox/ C modal tuning
1207 views - 3 Sep 2019
Improvisation in modal C (CGCGCD)
Improvisation in modal C (CGCGCD)
6574 views - 4 Sep 2019
Peter Stampfel - C Modal Tuning Page 64 (Official Audio)
Peter Stampfel - C Modal Tuning Page 64 (Official Audio)
2862 views - 5 Sep 2019
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Tuning Map

  • Fret
  • S6
  • S5
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • -12
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • -11
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • -10
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • -9
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • -8
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • -7
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • -6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • -5
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G
  • C
  • -3
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • G#
  • C#
  • -2
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A
  • D
  • -1
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • 0
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • 1
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • 2
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • 3
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • 4
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • 5
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • 6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • 7
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • -2
  • -2
  • 0
  • 1
  • -2
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