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

CM6(add9)C Major 6th Added 9th

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Etone

Gtone

Atone

Dtone

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

How to play it

CM6(add9) fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

CM6(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 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 3 3 4 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 6 6 6 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

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

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

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

Sound

How CM6(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

warmsmoothoptimistic

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A · D

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

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