Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

G♯M9(add13)G♯ Major 9th Added 13th

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G♯tone
Btone
D♯tone
F♯tone
C♯tone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · C♯

How to play it

G♯M9(add13) 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).

G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 5 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 7 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 10 10 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 10 10 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 17th position (20 20 17 17 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 17th position (20 20 19 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 19th position (20 20 19 22 22 20) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

G♯M9(add13) 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.

G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 5 5 7 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 7 5 5 6) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 10 10 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 10 10 7 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 10 10 8 7 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 17th position (20 20 17 17 19 18) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 17th position (20 20 19 17 17 18) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
G♯ Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 19th position (20 20 19 22 22 20) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How G♯M9(add13) sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
richsophisticated
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4
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