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

Cm7♯9C Minor 7th Sharp 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Cm7♯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 Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 0 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x x 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 0 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 x 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 5 0 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Cm7♯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 Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 0 4 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x x 4 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 0 4 5 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 5 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 5 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 x 4 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 5 0 4 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Cm7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯ · D♯

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

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