Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

A+♯9A Augmented Sharp 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Atone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · A

How to play it

A+♯9 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 15 15 15 12) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (19 18 16 x 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (19 18 16 19 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (19 19 20 22 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (19 19 20 22 20) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 8 10 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 8 10 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 15 15 15 12) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (19 18 16 x 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (19 18 16 19 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (19 19 20 22 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (19 19 20 22 20) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How A+♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
stridentunstable
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 1
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A+♯9 in other tunings:

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