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

Cm6♭9C Minor 6th Flat 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2 · Notes C · D♯ · G · A · C♯

How to play it

Cm6♭9 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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 x 9 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 11 9 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 10 10 9 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 13 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 x 12 13) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 13 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 13 13 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 13 13 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Cm6♭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 Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 x 9 12 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 11 9 12 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 10 10 9 12 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 13 12 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 x 12 13) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 13 x 12 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 13 13 x 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Minor 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 13 13 12 11) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · ♭2

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