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

C♯9C♯ Dominant 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E

How to play it

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

C♯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♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 4 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 4 4 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 x 4 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 4 4 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

Sound

How C♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯7(add9)

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