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

CM9♭13C Major 9th Flat 13th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

Dtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G · B · D · G♯

How to play it

CM9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 0 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 4 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 6 0 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 6 4 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 7 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (5 6 7 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (17 17 19 17 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (17 18 19 17 17 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 0 5 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 4 5 6 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 6 0 5 0 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 6 4 5 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 7 5 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (5 6 7 5 5 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (17 17 19 17 18 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Major 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (17 18 19 17 17 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM9♭13 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · G♯

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

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