Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

CM♭9C Major Flat 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

CM♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3, 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 11 14 11) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 11 11 14) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 11 14 11) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭2

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