Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Cm(add2)C Minor Added 2nd

CRoot
Dtone
D♯tone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Cm(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 Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 x 3 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 0 3 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

Cm(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 Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 3 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 x 3 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 0 3 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 x 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 0 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 5 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Minor Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 8 8 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How Cm(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensepoignant
Genres
rockexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

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