Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A7♭9A Dominant 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

A7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 3 4 2) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 6 x 8) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 8 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 11th position (x 12 14 12 13 11) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 19 17 18 x 20) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 19 20 18 x 17) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Read it as tab

A7♭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 Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 3 4 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 3 4 2) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 6 x 8) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 8 6 x 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 11th position (x 12 14 12 13 11) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 19 17 18 x 20) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 19 20 18 x 17) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How A7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensedramaticexotic

Genres

jazzclassicallatin

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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