Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯9♯5C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

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F♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · C · E

How to play it

C♯9♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 1 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 3 4 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 2 3 4 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 1 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (1 4 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (13 14 13 16 15 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (13 14 15 16 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

C♯9♯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♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 1 4 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 3 4 1 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 2 3 4 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 1 2 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (1 4 3 2 1 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 5 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (13 14 13 16 15 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (13 14 15 16 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How C♯9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 6 · 7 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯+9 C♯+7(add9)

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