Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Cm♯9C Minor Sharp 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm♯9 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · 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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 4 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 11th (11 11 11 12 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x 16 14 16 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 4 2 4 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 11th (11 11 11 12 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x 16 14 16 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 x 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 4 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 x 0 4) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 0 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Cm♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · D♯

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

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