Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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, 5th (x 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (10 9 10 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 18 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 21st (22 21 22 22 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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, 5th (x 6 6 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (10 9 10 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 18 18 17 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 21st (22 21 22 22 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 6 6 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 10 x 11) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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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