Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Cm♭9C Minor Flat 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm♭9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2, 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 11 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 12 9 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 12 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Cm♭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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 11 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 11 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 12 9 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 12 11 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 12 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 12 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How Cm♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · C♯

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

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