Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯m9♭5C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

C♯m9♭5 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · 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♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 10 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 11 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 10 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 10 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 11 10 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯m9♭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♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 10 10 11 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 11 10 11 10) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 10 x 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 10 x 10) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 10 11 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 10 11 10) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 10 10 11 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 11 10 11 10) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯m9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · E

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

Same notes asC♯ø9 C♯ø7(add9)

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