Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

AM9(add2)A Major 9th Added 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯

How to play it

AM9(add2) fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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).

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 4 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 x 6 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 8 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 9 6 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 8 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 x 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 11 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

AM9(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.

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 4 4 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 4 1 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 x 6 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 8 6 x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 9 6 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 8 9 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 x 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 11 x 8 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How AM9(add2) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushbright

Genres

jazzpop

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯

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

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