Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C+(add9)C Augmented Added 9th

CRoot

Etone

G♯tone

Dtone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 2 · Notes C · E · G♯ · D

How to play it

C+(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 x 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 3 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 5 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

C+(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 Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 x 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 x 1 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 x 3 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Augmented Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 5 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How C+(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 2

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