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

CmM7♭9C Minor major 7th Flat 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

CmM7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 x 7 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 x 9 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 9 7 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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

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

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 x 19 19 20 21) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 x 21 19 20 19) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

CmM7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 x 7 7 8 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 x 9 7 8 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 7 x 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 9 7 x 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 7 8 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 9 7 8 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 x 19 19 20 21) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor major 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 x 21 19 20 19) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

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Moods

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · B · C♯

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

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