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

C♯m11♭9C♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes D · F · A · C · D♯ · G

How to play it

C♯m11♭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♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯m11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 10 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯m11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darktense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C · D♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭5

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