Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

C+(add2)C Augmented Added 2nd

CRoot

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

C+(add2) fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 5 0 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 x 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 10 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 12 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 9 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

Read it as tab

C+(add2) 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 Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 5 0 6) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 x 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 12 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 10 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 12 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

C Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 9 12 12) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How C+(add2) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamlikehazy

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 3 · ♭6

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