Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C9(add13)C Dominant 9th Added 13th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

Atone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 6 · Notes C · E · G · A♯ · D · A

How to play it

C9(add13) 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 Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 8 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 10th position (10 12 12 12 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

C Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 20th position (22 22 20 21 22 22) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C9(add13) 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 13th guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 8 9 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 10th position (10 12 12 12 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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

C Dominant 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 20th position (22 22 20 21 22 22) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C9(add13) sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

richsoulful

Genres

jazzfunk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯ · D · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 6

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