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

CmM11♭9C Minor major 11th Flat 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

CmM11♭9 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 Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 7 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (20 20 19 19 18 21) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

CmM11♭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 major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 7 7 6 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (20 20 19 19 18 21) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How CmM11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · B · C♯ · F

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

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