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

C♯mM9C♯ Minor major 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯mM9 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 7 6 6 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 x 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 7 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 x 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 11 10 10 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

C♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 6 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 7 6 6 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 x 10 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 10 x 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 7 10 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 x 9 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 11 10 10 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How C♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯mM7(add9)

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