Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯o9♯13C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Etone

Ctone

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

How to play it

C♯o9♯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♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 9th position (11 10 9 9 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 13 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 14 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 14 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯o9♯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♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 9th position (11 10 9 9 11 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 13 12 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 14 12 12 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 14 12 11 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯o9♯13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensestrange

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · B · E · C

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

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