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

C♯m7♭9C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · F · A · C · D♯

How to play it

C♯m7♭9 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♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 0 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 6 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 7 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 0 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 9 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 x 9 12 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 11 12 9 12 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯m7♭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♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 0 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 6 4 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 7 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 0 4 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 9 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 9 9 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 x 9 12 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 11 12 9 12 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯m7♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

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