Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A°(add9)A Diminished Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A · C · G♯

How to play it

A°(add9) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, 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).

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 9 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 9 9 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 x 20 21) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 x 21 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 21 21 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A°(add9) 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.

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 8 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 9 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 9 9 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 x 20 21) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 x 21 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Added 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 21 21 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How A°(add9) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eeriefragile

Genres

film scorejazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 7

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