Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C11♭9C Dominant 11th Flat 9th

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Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes C · E · G · A♯ · C♯ · F

How to play it

C11♭9 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 Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 1 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 5 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 4 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 6 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 11 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 13 12 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C11♭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 Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 1 0 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 5 5 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 4 5 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 6 5 5 7 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 11 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 13 12 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C11♭9 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4

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