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

Cø♭9♭13C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭6 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · G♯

How to play it

Cø♭9♭13 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (8 9 9 7 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 9 10 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 18th position (20 21 21 19 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Cø♭9♭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 Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (8 9 9 7 7 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 9 10 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 10 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 18th position (20 21 21 19 19 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Cø♭9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · G♯

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

Same notes asCo♭9♭13

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