Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯7♭9C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

C♯7♭9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 6 6 4 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 9 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 12 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

C♯7♭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♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 3 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 3 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 0 4 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 6 6 4 6 0) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 7 6 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 9 7 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 10 9 12) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 12 10 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How C♯7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensedramaticexotic

Genres

jazzclassicallatin

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

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