Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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 3, 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 — Open (x 2 0 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 7 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 7 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 x 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 9 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 x 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 11 12 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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 — Open (x 2 0 1 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 3 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 7 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 7 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 x 8 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 9 8 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 x 9 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 11 12 11 x 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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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