Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯mM9C♯ Minor major 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯mM9 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 guitar chord — Open (1 x 3 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 4 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 11th position (13 x 12 11 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C♯mM9 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 guitar tab — Open (1 x 3 3 3 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 4 7 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 11th position (13 x 12 11 11 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mysteriouscinematicbittersweet

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C♯ · E

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

Same notes asC♯mM7(add9)

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