Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E+M9(add4)E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th

G♯Root
Ctone
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone
A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes G♯ · C · C♯ · E · G · A♯

How to play it

E+M9(add4) 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).

E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — Open (0 0 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 4 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 4th position (0 0 4 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 5th position (0 6 6 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 13 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

E+M9(add4) 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.

E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — Open (0 0 1 1 1 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 4 2 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 4th position (0 0 4 5 4 4) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 5th position (0 6 6 5 7 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
E Augmented-major 9th Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 13 13 13 14) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How E+M9(add4) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clustereddissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · C♯ · E · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
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