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

AM♯9A Major Sharp 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Atone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 1 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · A

How to play it

AM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 x 9 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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

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

A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 9 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 12 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

AM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 x 8 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 x 9 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

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

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

A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 9 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 12 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 2

Sound

How AM♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittybluesy

Genres

bluesrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 1

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