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

C♯9(add2)C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd

DRoot

Etone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · E · F♯ · A · C · E

How to play it

C♯9(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).

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯9(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.

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 9 8 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯9(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

colorfulfunky

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · F♯ · A · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3

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