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

C+M7♯9C Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

C+M7♯9 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-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 8 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (x 10 9 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C+M7♯9 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-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 8 9 9 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

C Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (x 10 9 9 9 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C+M7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3

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