Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Cm9♯5C Minor 9th Sharp 5th

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D♯tone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · D♯ · G♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

Cm9♯5 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 7 x 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 7 9 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 8 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 8 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 8 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 8 8 11 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

Cm9♯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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 3 3 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 7 x 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 7 9 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 8 8 9 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 8 8 x 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 8 8 9 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 8 8 11 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How Cm9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2

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