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

A7♯5A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E

How to play it

A7♯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 Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 3 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 x 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 6 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

A7♯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 Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 3 0 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 x 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 0 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 2 2 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A Dominant 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 6 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How A7♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

restlessbluesyunstable

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5

Same notes asA+7

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