Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A+9A Augmented 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

How to play it

A+9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3, 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 Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 5 0 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Augmented 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 7 5 8 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

A+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 Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 5 0 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
A Augmented 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 7 5 8 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3
Sound

How A+9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7
Same notes asA+7(add9)A9♯5
Explore

More ways to play A Augmented 9th

Browse the rest of the A chords in this tuning, or open A+9 in the app for every voicing.

A+9 in other tunings:

C / Drop COpen D

See & hear A+9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline
Download on theApp Store