Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C°♯9C Diminished Sharp 9th

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D♯tone

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

How to play it

C°♯9 fingering positions

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

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 x 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C°♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x x 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 x 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 x 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 4 5 4 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭3

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