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

C♯ø♭9♯5C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

C♯ø♭9♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 10 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 11 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 11 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 22 22 20 20 19) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C♯ø♭9♯5 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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 10 8 8 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 11 12 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 11 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 22 22 20 20 19) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C♯ø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯

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

Same notes asC♯o♭9♯5

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