Four String Banjo · Irish Tenor (GDAE)

A♯m♯9A♯ Minor Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone
Btone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭2  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · B

How to play it

A♯m♯9 fingering positions

Irish Tenor (GDAE), 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 — M-shape, 3rd (3 3 4 6) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (15 15 16 18) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (x 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (3 x 4 1) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 4 1) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 13th position (15 x 16 13) fretboard diagram in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Read it as tab

A♯m♯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 — M-shape, 3rd (3 3 4 6) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x 8 8 9) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (15 15 16 18) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (x 20 20 21) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (3 x 4 1) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 4 1) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 4 x) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 13th position (15 x 16 13) in Irish Tenor (GDAE)
Sound

How A♯m♯9 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭2
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