Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM9♭13C Major 9th Flat 13th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

Dtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G · B · D · G♯

How to play it

CM9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 9 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 12 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 12 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 21st position (22 22 21 21 21 22) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

CM9♭13 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 Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 9 9 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 12 12 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 21st position (22 22 21 21 21 22) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How CM9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭6

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