Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯7(add9)C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E

How to play it

C♯7(add9) 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♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 9 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 10 x 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 9 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

C♯7(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♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 4 4 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 4 4 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 9 8 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 10 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 10 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 10 x 8 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯ Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 9 10 9 9) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How C♯7(add9) sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3

Same notes asC♯9

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