Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C+9♭13C Augmented 9th Flat 13th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · G♯

How to play it

C+9♭13 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 11th position (11 14 13 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 15th position (x 16 15 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C+9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 4 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 8 10 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 11th position (11 14 13 14 14 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 15th position (x 16 15 16 16 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How C+9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭6

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