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

A♯M♯9A♯ Major Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Ctone
D♯tone
Btone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · 4 · ♭2  ·  Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · B

How to play it

A♯M♯9 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♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 8 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 8 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 x x 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x x 8 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A♯M♯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♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 x 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 3 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 6 6 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 6 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 8 6 6 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 8 6 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 x x 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A♯ Major Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x x 8 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A♯M♯9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
grittybluesy
Genres
bluesrock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · 4 · ♭2
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