Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C+(add9)C Augmented Added 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 2 · Notes C · E · G♯ · D

How to play it

C+(add9) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 x 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 x 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 0 5 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x x 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 7 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C+(add9) 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 Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 x 5 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 5 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 x 5 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 0 5 5 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 5 0 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 5 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x x 5 6 7) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 7 5 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+(add9) 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 · E · G♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 2

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