Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), 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 — 6th position (9 8 6 7) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 12 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (21 20 18 19) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

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 — 6th position (9 8 6 7) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 12 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

C Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (21 20 18 19) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

How CM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭2

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