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

C9C Dominant 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C9 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 Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 0 x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 x 3 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 3 x 3 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 3 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 3 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 0 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C9 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 Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 0 x 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 x 3 5 3 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 3 x 3 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 3 3 3 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 3 5 3 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 0 5 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 5 6 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How C9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯ · D

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

Same notes asC7(add9)

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