Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A+7♯9A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

Atone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 1 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · A

How to play it

A+7♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 x 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 8 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 11 11 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 11 x 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A+7♯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 Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 6 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 6 7 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 x 7 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 8 7 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 11 11 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 11 x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How A+7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

screaminggritty

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · A

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 1

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