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

CM9C Major 9th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes C · E · G · B · D

How to play it

CM9 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD), 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 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 9 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 10 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 12) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Read it as tab

CM9 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 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 2 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 2 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 5 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 5 5 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 9) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 9 8 7 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 10 8 7 9) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 10 10 12) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Sound

How CM9 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushserenesophisticated

Genres

jazzr&bsoul

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2

Same notes asCM7(add9)

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