Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Am9♯5A Minor 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A · D · E · G♯

How to play it

Am9♯5 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 5 2 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 2 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 5 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 9 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 x 10 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 9 x 10 10) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 x 8 9) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Read it as tab

Am9♯5 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 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 5 2 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 2 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 4 3 5) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 5 4 3 3) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 9 10 10 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 x 10 10 10 9) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 9 x 10 10) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 x 8 9) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)
Sound

How Am9♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
lushdark
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7
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