Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Ao♭9A Diminished minor ninth

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Ao♭9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · 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 Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 6 0 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 15th position (16 15 15 17 15) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar chord — 16th position (16 18 19 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao♭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 minor ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 6 0 5 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 5 3) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 7 7 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 15th position (16 15 15 17 15) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth guitar tab — 16th position (16 18 19 19 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bleakdissonant
Genres
jazzclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7
Same notes asAø♭9Aø7♭9
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More ways to play A Diminished minor ninth

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Ao♭9 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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