Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

CM6(add2)C Major 6th Added 2nd

CRoot

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

Atone

Formula 1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · Notes C · D · E · G · A

How to play it

CM6(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 Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 0 2 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

CM6(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 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 0 2 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 3 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 3 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 x 5 7 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 x 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 6th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 5 5 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How CM6(add2) sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sparklingcheerful

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D · E · G · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6

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