Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C+9(add2)C Augmented 9th Added 2nd

CRoot

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · D · E · G♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

C+9(add2) fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 17th position (20 17 18 17 19 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 18th position (20 x 18 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

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 Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 17th position (20 17 18 17 19 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

C Augmented 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 18th position (20 x 18 19 19 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How C+9(add2) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

hazyfloating

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2

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