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

Cø9(add4)C Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th

CRoot

D♯tone

Ftone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · D♯ · F · F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

Cø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (7 5 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 16th position (19 17 17 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Cø9(add4) 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 Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (7 5 5 5 4 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Half-Diminished 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 16th position (19 17 17 17 16 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Cø9(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseuneasy

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F · F♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 2

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