Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Co♭9C Diminished minor ninth

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D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

Co♭9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3, 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 minor ninth guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 4 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 6 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 6 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 6 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 6 4 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 6 6 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 x 6 0 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 x 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Co♭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 Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 4 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 6 3 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 6 x 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 6 4 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 6 4 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 6 6 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 x 6 0 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 x 4 5 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Co♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

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

Same notes asCø♭9 Cø7♭9

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