Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

Cm♭9C Minor Flat 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm♭9 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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 — Open (0 0 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 6 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 6 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 6 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 13 10 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 13 13 10) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (12 12 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (12 12 x 13 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

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 — Open (0 0 1 1 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 6 3 x 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 6 3 5 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 6 3 5 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 13 10 13) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 13 13 10) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (12 12 x 11 13) in Double C (gCGCD)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (12 12 x 13 11) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How Cm♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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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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