Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯m♯9C♯ Minor Sharp 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Ftone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 3 · Notes D · F · A · F

How to play it

C♯m♯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♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 17 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯m♯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♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x x 11 9 9 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 11 11 9 9 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 17 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 2 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 x x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯m♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · F

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

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