Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C+9(add11)C Augmented 9th Added 11th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes C · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · F

How to play it

C+9(add11) fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 18th position (20 19 18 19 18 18) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 20 21 21 22) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

C+9(add11) 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 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 7 6 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 9 9 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 18th position (20 19 18 19 18 18) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 20 21 21 22) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C+9(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asC+11 C11♯5

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