Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

CM♯9C Major Sharp 9th

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Etone

Gtone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

CM♯9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 16 15 13) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 11 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 11 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

C Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 16 15 13) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭3

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