Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

CM6(add9)C Major 6th Added 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Atone

Dtone

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

How to play it

CM6(add9) fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — Open (x 3 0 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 3 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 7 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 7 x 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — Open (x 3 0 0 1 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 3 0 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 3 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 5 3 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 7 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major 6th Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 7 x 5 6 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How CM6(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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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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