Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

C+♯9C Augmented Sharp 9th

CRoot
Etone
G♯tone
D♯tone

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

How to play it

C+♯9 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 2) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)
Read it as tab

C+♯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 Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 2) in Plectrum (CGBD)
Sound

How C+♯9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
stridentunstable
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭3
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