Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C°(add9)C Diminished Added 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

F♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 2 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · D

How to play it

C°(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).

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 3 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 2 1 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 3 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — Open (0 x 2 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 x 3 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 5 3 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 x x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C°(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.

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 3 1 x 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 2 1 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 3 1 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — Open (0 x 2 1 3 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 x 3 x 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 5 3 x 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 3 x 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 x x 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 2

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