Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

CmM9♯5C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th

CRoot

D♯tone

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

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

How to play it

CmM9♯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 Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 x 2 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 2 3 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 2 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 4 2 3 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

CmM9♯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 Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 x 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 x 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 x 2 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 3 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 2 3 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 2 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 4 2 3 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How CmM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

hauntinglush

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G♯ · B · D

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

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