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

CM9(add13)C Major 9th Added 13th

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Etone

Gtone

Btone

Dtone

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 6 · Notes C · E · G · B · D · A

How to play it

CM9(add13) 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).

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 3 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 5 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 5 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 8 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 5th position (6 8 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 15th position (18 18 15 16 15 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 15th position (18 18 17 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 17th position (18 18 17 18 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

CM9(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.

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 3 4 3 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 5 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 5 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 8 6 8 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 5th position (6 8 8 6 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 15th position (18 18 15 16 15 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 15th position (18 18 17 16 15 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 17th position (18 18 17 18 20 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How CM9(add13) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

richsophisticated

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 6

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