Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Ao9♯5A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone
D♯tone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D · D♯ · G♯

How to play it

Ao9♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 7 0 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 8 7 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (6 7 9 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao9♯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 ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 3 3 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 7 0 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 8 7 6 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (6 7 9 7 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao9♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
gnarledeerie
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · D♯ · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5 · 7
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