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

Ao♭9♯9A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes F♯ · A · C · E · G · A

How to play it

Ao♭9♯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 minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 6 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 18 20) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar chord — 18th position (19 18 18 20 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

Ao♭9♯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 minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 6 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 6 8 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 18 20) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 9th guitar tab — 18th position (19 18 18 20 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How Ao♭9♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gratingharsh

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G · A

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 1

Same notes asAø♭9♯9

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