Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C°♭9C Diminished Flat 9th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭2 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · C♯

How to play it

C°♭9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 10 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 x 12 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 12 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 12 10 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 12 12 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 10 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 10 13 12 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C°♭9 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 10 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 x 12 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 x 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 12 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 12 10 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 12 12 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 10 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

C Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 10 13 12 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How C°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭2

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