Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ø7♭9C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

C♯ø7♭9 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 5 6 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 8 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 8 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 12 10 13 13 13) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 12 13 13 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯ø7♭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♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 5 6 6 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 8 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 8 6 x 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 8 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 8 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 12 10 13 13 13) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Half-Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 12 13 13 13 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯ø7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bleakdissonant

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · D♯

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

Same notes asC♯ø♭9 C♯o♭9

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