Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯9(add4)C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th

DRoot

F♯tone

Gtone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · G · A · C · E

How to play it

C♯9(add4) 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♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 0 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 12 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 15 13 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C♯9(add4) 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 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 0 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 1 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 12 11 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 15 13 14 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C♯9(add4) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densefunky

Genres

funk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · G · A · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3

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