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

A°♯9A Diminished Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Atone

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

How to play it

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

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

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

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x x x 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

Read it as tab

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

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

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

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 3 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 3 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 3 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x x x 3 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

Sound

How A°♯9 sounds

Consonance

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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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