Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

Am♭9A Minor Flat 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Am♭9 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 x 8 10) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 x 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 x 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 8 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 7 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 8 7) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 8 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 x 8 10) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 x 10 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 10 10 8) in Open G (gDGBD)

Sound

How Am♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · ♭7

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