Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C+7♯9C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th

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Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

C+7♯9 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 8 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 8 8 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 x 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

C+7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 8 5 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 8 8 5 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 x 9 9 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 8 9 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 8 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 9 10) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How C+7♯9 sounds

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D♯

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

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