Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C+7C Augmented 7th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

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

How to play it

C+7 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 guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 x 3 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 6 3 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

C+7 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 guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 x 3 5 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C Augmented 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 6 3 5 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How C+7 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯

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

Same notes asC7♯5

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