Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

A+(add2)A Augmented Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
A♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 7 · ♭2 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · G♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

A+(add2) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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).

A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x x 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 5 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

A+(add2) 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.

A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x x 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 3 5 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 5 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Augmented Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 6 3 5 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How A+(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · ♭2 · 4
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