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

Am11♯9A Minor 11th Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Etone
Atone
Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 1 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · A · B

How to play it

Am11♯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 Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 4 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 x 4 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 4 x 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 4 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Am11♯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 Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 4 4 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 x 4 6 4 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 4 x 4 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 6 x 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 6 4 6 0 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 4 4 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How Am11♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
thickmurky
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · A · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 1 · 2
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