Four String Bass · Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3

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

Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3, 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, 2nd (2 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x 9 7 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (14 16 16 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 x 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 x 11 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
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 — M-shape, 2nd (2 4 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x 9 7 6) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (14 16 16 14) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 x 2) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 x 11 14) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 x) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 11) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 14) in Standard Tuning (EADG) · Capo 3
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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