Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

CM(add9)C Major Added 9th

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 2 · Notes C · E · G · D

How to play it

CM(add9) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 x 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 5 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 x 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

CM(add9) 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 Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 3 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 x 3 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 3 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 5 3 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 x 5 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Major Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How CM(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

poprockr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 2

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