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

Aø7♯9A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · E · A

How to play it

Aø7♯9 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 x 4 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 x 4 4 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 5 4 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 0 4 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 4 7 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 5 4 4 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Aø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 x 4 4 3 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 x 4 4 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 5 4 4 3 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 0 4 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 4 7 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 x 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 4 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 5 4 4 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Aø7♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
thickdark
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 1
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