Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

AM♯9A Major Sharp 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Atone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · A

How to play it

AM♯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 Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 7 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
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 Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 2) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 7) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 7) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 7 5 4 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 7 5 4 7) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How AM♯9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
grittybluesy
Genres
bluesrock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 1
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