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

Ao11♯9A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Atone

Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · A · B

How to play it

Ao11♯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 Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (20 18 17 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 x 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 20 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Ao11♯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 Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (20 18 17 18 17 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 x 20 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 20 20 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Ao11♯9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · A · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2

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