Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Am(add2)A Minor Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
Atone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Am(add2) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 5 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 5 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 3 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x 5 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 3 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am(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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 5 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 x 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 5 2 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 3 2 3 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x 5 2 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 3 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 3 2 x 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensepoignant
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · 3
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