Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

Am♯9A Minor Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · A

How to play it

Am♯9 fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 14 13 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (19 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 x 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 0) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 5 8) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 5 5 5) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 14 13 12) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (19 17 17 17) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 x 0) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 x) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 0) in Chicago (DGBE)
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 5 8) in Chicago (DGBE)
Sound

How Am♯9 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 1
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