Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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), 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 — A-shape, 3rd (x 3 5 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — E-shape, 8th (8 10 10 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — D-shape, 10th (x x 10 12 13 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — A-shape, 15th (x 15 17 17 16 15) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — E-shape, 20th (20 22 22 20 20 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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

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

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

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 — A-shape, 3rd (x 3 5 5 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — E-shape, 8th (8 10 10 8 8 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — D-shape, 10th (x x 10 12 13 11) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — A-shape, 15th (x 15 17 17 16 15) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — E-shape, 20th (20 22 22 20 20 20) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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

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

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

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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