Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C7(add2)C Dominant 7th Added 2nd

CRoot
Dtone
Etone
Gtone
A♯tone

Formula 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes C · D · E · G · A♯

How to play it

C7(add2) 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 Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 7 5 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

C7(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 Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 3 3 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 3 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Dominant 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 7 5 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How C7(add2) sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
colorfulbluesy
Genres
bluesjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
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