Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C7♯9C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th

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Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

D♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭3 · Notes C · E · G · A♯ · D♯

How to play it

C7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 3 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 4 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 3 3 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 x 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 4 x 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 3 2 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 2 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 4 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 4 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 4 2 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 3 3 2 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydefiantfunky

Genres

rockfunkblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯ · D♯

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

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