Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯°♯9A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Btone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭2 · Notes G♯ · B · D · B

How to play it

A♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 11 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 11 x 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 8 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 x 11 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 11 11 8) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 11 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 11 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 11 x 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How A♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭2

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