Six String Guitar · DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Am♯9A Minor Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · 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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 3 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 x x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 3 2) 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 Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x x 7 5 7 7) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 7 7 5 7 7) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x x 19 17 19 19) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (19 19 19 17 19 19) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 3 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 x x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 x) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 x 3 2) in DADGAD Tuning (DADGAD)

Sound

How Am♯9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darkthick

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 1

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