Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯M9C♯ Major 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9 fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 10 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 11 11) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 11 10 8 8 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

C♯M9 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 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 3 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 3 1) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 6 6) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 11 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 x 8 8 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 10 8 8 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 11 11) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

C♯ Major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 11 10 8 8 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How C♯M9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯M7(add9)

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