Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Co7♯9C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

CRoot
D♯tone
F♯tone
Atone
D♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭3  ·  Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · A · D♯

How to play it

Co7♯9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 4 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 4 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 6 4 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Co7♯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 Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 4 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 4 5 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 4 5 4 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
C Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 6 4 5 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Co7♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
harshdark
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭3
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