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

A♯9♯5A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone
F♯tone
A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

A♯9♯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 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (20 17 18 17 19 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (20 x 18 19 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A♯9♯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 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x 6 7 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 10 11 11 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (20 17 18 17 19 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (20 x 18 19 19 20) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A♯9♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 1
Same notes asA♯+9A♯+7(add9)
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