Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

CM6♯9C Major 6th Sharp 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Atone

D♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭3 · Notes C · E · G · A · D♯

How to play it

CM6♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 3 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 8 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (11 11 11 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 14 x 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 14 13 x 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM6♯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 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 3 6 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 9 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 8 9 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 x 10 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (11 11 11 10 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 14 x 11 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 14 13 x 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM6♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittycolorful

Genres

bluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭3

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