Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Am7♯9A Minor 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Atone

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

How to play it

Am7♯9 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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 Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 8 10 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 x 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 10 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 21 20 19 22) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 21 20 22 19) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 20th position (21 21 20 x 22) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Am7♯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 Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 7 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 8 10 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 x 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 10 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 10 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 21 20 19 22) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 21 20 22 19) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 20th position (21 21 20 x 22) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Am7♯9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickdark

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · A

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

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