Caug(add9) guitar chord

How to play Caug(add9) on guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret, your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the B string at the 3rd fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.

From the low E string x 3 2 1 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Caug(add9)?

Caug(add9), C augmented added ninth, is C, E, G♯ and D: the root (C), the major third (E), the augmented fifth (G♯) and the ninth (D). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 9.