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

CM9♯5C Major 9th Sharp 5th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

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

How to play it

CM9♯5 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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 4 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 4 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 7 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (x 0 6 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM9♯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 Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 4 2 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 4 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 4 6 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 4 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 6 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 7 4 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (x 0 6 6 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D

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

Same notes asC+M9 C+M7(add9)

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