Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM6♯9C Major 6th Sharp 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Atone

D♯tone

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

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

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 10 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 13 x 10 12) 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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 4 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 4 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 10 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 10 9 10 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 6th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 13 x 10 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How CM6♯9 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 · A · D♯

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

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