Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C+9C Augmented 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C+9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar chord — 19th position (22 19 20 19 21 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C+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 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 3 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 9 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 13 12 13 13 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 14th position (x 15 14 15 15 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Augmented 9th guitar tab — 19th position (22 19 20 19 21 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C+9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D

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

Same notes asC+7(add9)C9♯5

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