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

CM11♭9C Major 11th Flat 9th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes C · E · G · B · C♯ · F

How to play it

CM11♭9 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 Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 4 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 4 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 6 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 17 18 17 15 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM11♭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 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 4 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 2 2 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 4 2 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 6 5 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 17 18 17 15 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭2 · 4

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