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

C♯9♭5C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th

DRoot

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · G♯ · C · E

How to play it

C♯9♭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♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 10 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 10 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯9♭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 Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 10 7 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 10 9 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G♯ · C · E

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

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