Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯°♯9C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

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Ftone

G♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

C♯°♯9 fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE), 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 (6 5 4 0) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 7 0) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 11 10 12) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 19 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

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 (6 5 4 0) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 x 0) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 7 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 7 0) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 11 10 12) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

C♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 19 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)

Sound

How C♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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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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