Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM♯9C Major Sharp 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

CM♯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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

CM♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 4 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How CM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭3

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