Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

AM♭9A Major Flat 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · G

How to play it

AM♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1, 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 Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 10 10 13) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 16 x 19) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 16 19 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (18 17 16 19 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

AM♭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 Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 x 7) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 7 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 7 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 10 10 13) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 10 13 10) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 16 x 19) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 16 19 x) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (18 17 16 19 18) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How AM♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingexotic

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭7

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