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

C9♭5C Dominant 9th Flat 5th

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Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 x 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 x 5 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 x 3 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 3 3 2 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 5 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 5 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 x 5 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 5 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C9♭5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

slinkyhazy

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · F♯ · A♯ · D

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

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