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

C♯9♯13C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Ctone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 7 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E · C

How to play it

C♯9♯13 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♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 1 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 4 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

C♯9♯13 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♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 1 2 2 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 4 2 2 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 6 4 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How C♯9♯13 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesydense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E · C

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 7

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