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

CM(add2)C Major Added 2nd

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

How to play it

CM(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 3 x 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 3 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 5 6 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

CM(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 Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 x 1 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 3 x 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 3 1 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 3 3 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 x 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 5 x 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 5 6 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How CM(add2) 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 · D · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 3 · 5

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