Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

CM(add2)C Major Added 2nd

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Dtone

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Gtone

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

How to play it

CM(add2) fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD), 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 1 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 x 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 x 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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 1 x 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 x 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 3 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 3 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 5 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 x 5 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 x 8 10 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

C Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (10 10 x 8 7 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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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