Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C9♯5C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

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Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C9♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 19 18 20 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 x 19 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C9♯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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 8 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 8 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 12 12 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 19 18 20 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 x 19 20 20 21) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How C9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D

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

Same notes asC+9 C+7(add9)

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