Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

CM9(add13)C Major 9th Added 13th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

Btone

Dtone

Atone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 6 · Notes C · E · G · B · D · A

How to play it

CM9(add13) 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 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 7 7 8 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 9 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 19 19 20 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar chord — 20th position (20 22 21 21 22 22) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

CM9(add13) 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 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 7 7 8 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 9 9 10 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 19 19 20 19) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Major 9th Added 13th guitar tab — 20th position (20 22 21 21 22 22) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How CM9(add13) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

richsophisticated

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · A

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 6

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