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

C+♭9C Augmented Flat 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

C+♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

C Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 4 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

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 Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

C Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 4 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

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

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

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

Sound

How C+♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

jarringunstable

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · C♯

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

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