Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C+7(add9)C Augmented 7th Added 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C+7(add9) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · 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 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C+7(add9) 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 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

C Augmented 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How C+7(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D

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

Same notes asC+9 C9♯5

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