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

CM9♭5C Major 9th Flat 5th

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Etone

F♯tone

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Dtone

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

How to play it

CM9♭5 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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

CM9♭5 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 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How CM9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamyfloating

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · B · D

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

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