Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM6♭9C Major 6th Flat 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes C · E · G · A · C♯

How to play it

CM6♭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 Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 7 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

CM6♭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 Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 2 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 6 5 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 x 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 7 9 10 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 10 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How CM6♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashinguneasy

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

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