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

C♯°(add9)C♯ Diminished Added 9th

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Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭3  ·  Notes D · F · G♯ · E

How to play it

C♯°(add9) 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♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x x 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 8 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 8 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
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♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 x 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 4 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 5 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 4 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x x 8 8 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 8 x 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
C♯ Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 8 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Sound

How C♯°(add9) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭3
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