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

C♯M(add9)C♯ Major Added 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · E

How to play it

C♯M(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

C♯M(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 0 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 5 3 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

C♯ Major Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How C♯M(add9) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

brightupliftingfresh

Genres

poprockr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · ♭3

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