Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C9(add2)C Dominant 9th Added 2nd

CRoot

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

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

How to play it

C9(add2) 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 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 x 8 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C9(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 Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 3 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 8 7 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 x 8 9 8 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 8 9 x 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C9(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G · A♯ · D

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

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