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

C♯ø9C♯ Half-Diminished 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F · G♯ · C · E

How to play it

C♯ø9 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♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 3 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 2 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 2 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 2 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 2 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C♯ø9 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♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 3 1 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 1 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 2 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 2 1 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 1 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 1 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 2 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 2 1 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How C♯ø9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯m9♭5 C♯ø7(add9)

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