Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Co♭9♯5C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

Co♭9♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 6 6 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 6 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (17 18 18 16 16 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Co♭9♯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 Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 6 6 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 6 7 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 7 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (17 18 18 16 16 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Co♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · G♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asCø♭9♯5

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