Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

Ao7♭9A Diminished 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Ao7♭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 Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 8 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 18 20 17) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 19th position (19 21 21 22 21) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Read it as tab

Ao7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 8 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 9 10 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 18 20 17) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 19th position (19 21 21 22 21) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)
Sound

How Ao7♭9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7
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