Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

CM7♭9C Major 7th Flat 9th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

CM7♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 8 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 15 13 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (19 x 16 17 16 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (19 x 20 20 19 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CM7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 3 1 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 5 4 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 8 8 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 8 8 x 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 8 8 7 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 15 13 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (19 x 16 17 16 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (19 x 20 20 19 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dissonanteerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · C♯

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

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