Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

Cm7♯9C Minor 7th Sharp 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭3 · Notes C · D♯ · G · A♯ · D♯

How to play it

Cm7♯9 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (12 12 11 13) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

Read it as tab

Cm7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 5) in Plectrum (CGBD)

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (12 12 11 13) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How Cm7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭3

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