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 |
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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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