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

C♯m♯9C♯ Minor Sharp 9th

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Ftone

Atone

Ftone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 3 · Notes D · F · A · F

How to play it

C♯m♯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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 0 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x x 9 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (9 9 9 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 14 12 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (x x 21 20 21 21) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (21 21 21 20 21 21) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C♯m♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 0 0 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x x 9 8 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (9 9 9 8 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 14 12 12 14 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (x x 21 20 21 21) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (21 21 21 20 21 21) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C♯m♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · F

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

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