Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯M♯9C♯ Major Sharp 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ftone

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

How to play it

C♯M♯9 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 0 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 x 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 x 8 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯M♯9 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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 0 x 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 x 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 0 2 1) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 2 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 9 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 x 8 6 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 9 9) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 x 8 6 9) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯M♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · F

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

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