Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯m9C♯ Minor 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F · A · C · E

How to play it

C♯m9 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 9th guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (1 4 4 3 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

Read it as tab

C♯m9 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 9th guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 3 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 x 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 x 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 4 3 3 x 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 4 4 3 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 3 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 9th guitar tab — Open (1 4 3 3 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C♯m9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

wistfullushintrospective

Genres

jazzr&bneo-soul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C · E

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

Same notes asC♯m7(add9)

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