Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

C♯°♯9C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

DRoot
Ftone
G♯tone
Ftone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 3  ·  Notes D · F · G♯ · F

How to play it

C♯°♯9 fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 5 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x x 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 14 x) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 11 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 14 11) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 x 14 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

C♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 x 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 5 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 5 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x x 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 14 x) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 11 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 14 11) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 x 14 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How C♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · F
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5 · 3
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