Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A°♯5A Diminished Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D

How to play it

A°♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2, 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 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 x 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 x 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 x x 8 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x x 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A°♯5 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 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 5 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 x 5 6 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 x 5 6 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 x x 8 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Diminished Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x x 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A°♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
gnarledtense
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4
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