Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C+M9♯13C Augmented-major 9th Sharp 13th

CRoot
Etone
G♯tone
Btone
Dtone
A♯tone

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

How to play it

C+M9♯13 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-major 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 8 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Augmented-major 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 20 19 21 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

C+M9♯13 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-major 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 8 7 9 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Augmented-major 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 20 19 21 19) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How C+M9♯13 sounds

Consonance
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · ♭7
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