Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C+7♭9C Augmented 7th Flat 9th

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Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

C+7♭9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, 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 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 7 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 0 5 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 5 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C+7♭9 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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 0 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 x 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 0 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 7 0 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 0 5 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

C Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 5 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · C♯

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

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