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

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

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

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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 (x 4 2 2 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 2 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 3 2 5 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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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