Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

CM6♭9C Major 6th Flat 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Atone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

CM6♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, 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 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 4 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 4 7 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 x 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 4 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

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 Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 4 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 4 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 4 7 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 x 4 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 4 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

C Major 6th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 4 7 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM6♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashinguneasy

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A · C♯

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

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