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

A♯°♯9A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Btone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭2  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D · B

How to play it

A♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 7 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

A♯°♯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♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 2 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 x 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x x 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x x 5 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
A♯ Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 7 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3
Sound

How A♯°♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭2
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