Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Ao7♯9A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · A

How to play it

Ao7♯9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2, 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 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 8 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 11 14 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 x 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 20 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Ao7♯9 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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 x 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 8 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 11 14) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 11 14 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 x 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
A Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 20 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2
Sound

How Ao7♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
harshdark
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1
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