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

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 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♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 9 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 10 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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 — 7th position (7 x 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 9 9 x 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 9 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C♯ Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 10 9 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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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