Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

EM(add2)E Major Added 2nd

G♯Root

A♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · Notes G♯ · A♯ · C · D♯

How to play it

EM(add2) 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).

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 1 x x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 1 x 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 1 4 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (4 1 4 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x x 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 4 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (4 4 x 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

EM(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.

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 1 x x 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 1 x 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 1 4 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (4 1 4 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x x 3 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 4 3 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (4 4 x 3 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How EM(add2) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

poprock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · C · D♯

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

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