Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Cm♯9C Minor Sharp 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

D♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭3 · Notes C · D♯ · G · D♯

How to play it

Cm♯9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 — Open (x 0 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x x x 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Cm♯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 — Open (x 0 2 2 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x x x 2 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How Cm♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · D♯

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

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