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

Am7♯9A Minor 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 1 · Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · A

How to play it

Am7♯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 Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

Read it as tab

Am7♯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 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 x 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 1 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 1 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 3 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

Sound

How Am7♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickdark

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · A

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

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