Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A+♭9A Augmented Flat 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · G

How to play it

A+♭9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 4 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 x 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x x 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
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 Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 1 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 4 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 x 5 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x x 8 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A+♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
jarringunstable
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭7
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