Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

CM9(add2)C Major 9th Added 2nd

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Dtone

Etone

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Btone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes C · D · E · G · B · D

How to play it

CM9(add2) fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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 Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 4 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 x 4 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 4 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 8 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CM9(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 Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 3 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 4 6 4 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 x 4 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 4 4 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 4 6 4 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x 6 7 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 6 7 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 8 6 7 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM9(add2) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushbright

Genres

jazzpop

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G · B · D

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

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