Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C+M9♭5C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th

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Etone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes C · E · F♯ · G♯ · B · D

How to play it

C+M9♭5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (0 7 6 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (12 11 11 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 14 13 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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 Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 1 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (0 7 6 6 7 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (12 11 11 11 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 14 13 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C+M9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyglassy

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · G♯ · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

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