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

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 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).

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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 2 1 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 12 12 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+9♭13 sounds

Consonance

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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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