Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

C+C Augmented

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯

How to play it

C+ fingering positions

Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2, 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 guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 x 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar chord — 11th position (x 13 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C+ 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 guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 x 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 8 7) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

C Augmented guitar tab — 11th position (x 13 12 11) in Drop D (DADG) · Capo 2

Sound

How C+ sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6

Same notes asCM♯5

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