Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Aø11♭9A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
Gtone
Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · E · G · B

How to play it

Aø11♭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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 5 6 8) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 8 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 8 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 17 17 17 18 20) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 17 20 17 18 17) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 17 17 17 20) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 17th position (19 18 20 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Read it as tab

Aø11♭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 Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 5 6 8) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 8 5 6 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 5 8) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 8 5 5 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 17 17 17 18 20) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 17 20 17 18 17) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 17 17 17 20) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Half-Diminished 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 17th position (19 18 20 17 17 17) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How Aø11♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
bleakhollow
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2
Same notes asAø♭9(add11)Ao♭9(add11)
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