Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Am9(add2)A Minor 9th Added 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C♯ · E · 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 Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 12 11 12) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 11 12 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 12 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 9 12 x) 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 Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 4 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 4 0 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 12 12 12) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 12 11 12) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 11 12 12 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 12 11 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 x 12 12) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 9 12 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Am9(add2) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densemodern

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7

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