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

Aø9A Half-Diminished 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Aø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 17 18 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 17 19 18) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

Aø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 17 18 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 17 19 18) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Aø9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletensebittersweet

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G♯

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

Same notes asAm9♭5 Aø7(add9)

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