Four String Bass · D Standard (DGCF)

Cm♭9C Minor Flat 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm♭9 fingering positions

D Standard (DGCF), 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 13 10) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (22 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in D Standard (DGCF)

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 Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 8 7 8) in D Standard (DGCF)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 13 10) in D Standard (DGCF)

C Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (22 20 19 20) in D Standard (DGCF)

Sound

How Cm♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭2

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