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

C+9♭13C Augmented 9th Flat 13th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · G♯

How to play it

C+9♭13 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 10 8 11 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 8 8 11 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 10 8 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 8 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C+9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 10 8 11 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 8 9 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 8 8 11 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 10 8 11 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 8 8 9 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Augmented 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 8 9 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C+9♭13 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · G♯

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

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