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

A9A Dominant 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

A9 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 Dominant 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read it as tab

A9 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 Dominant 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sound

How A9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7

Same notes asA7(add9)

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