Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

C♯M(add2)C♯ Major Added 2nd

DRoot
Etone
F♯tone
Atone

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

How to play it

C♯M(add2) 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♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 3 x 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 x 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 6 6 6 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 x 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 8 x 10 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 8th position (11 10 x 8 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Read it as tab

C♯M(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♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 3 x 4 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 x 4 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 6 6 6 4 3) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 x 8 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 6th position (x 6 6 8 6 6) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 8 x 10 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
C♯ Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 8th position (11 10 x 8 9 x) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)
Sound

How C♯M(add2) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
poprock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · E · F♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭6
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