Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A+9A Augmented 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

How to play it

A+9 fingering positions

DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD), 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 Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 5 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

A+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 Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 4 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 5 4 4 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 10 10 11) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Augmented 9th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 10 10 9) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How A+9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7

Same notes asA+7(add9)A9♯5

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