Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Do9♯5D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

Ctone

C♯tone

F♯tone

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

How to play it

Do9♯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).

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 16) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 17 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Do9♯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.

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 16) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 17 16 16 16) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Do9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarledeerie

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C · C♯ · F♯

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

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