Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯M9♭5C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th

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F♯tone

G♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · G♯ · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯M9♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2, 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 Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 x 10 10 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯M9♭5 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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 0 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 5 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 x 10 10 8 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 8 8 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 10 8 8 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯M9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 5 · 1 · ♭3

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