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

C9(add2)C Dominant 9th Added 2nd

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Dtone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes C · D · E · G · A♯ · D

How to play it

C9(add2) 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 Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 x 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 8 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

C9(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.

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 2 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 6 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 x 6 5 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 8 6 6 5 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Dominant 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 6 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How C9(add2) sounds

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Character

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G · A♯ · D

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

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