Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Am(add9)A Minor Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · G♯

How to play it

Am(add9) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x x 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (x x 9 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 9 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 x 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 9 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Am(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.

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x x 7 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 7 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (x x 9 7 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 9 7 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 x 7 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 9 7 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Am(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 7

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