Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯mM9C♯ Minor major 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · Notes D · F · A · C♯ · E

How to play it

C♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 9 x 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 6 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 x 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 10 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯mM9 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 major 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 1 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 5 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 6 5 4 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 9 9 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 9 x 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 9 9 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 x 8 9 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C♯ Minor major 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 10 9 9 11) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C♯mM9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C♯ · E

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

Same notes asC♯mM7(add9)

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