Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A°♭9A Diminished Flat 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Gtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A · C · 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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 4 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 3 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 x x 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (x x 9 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 x 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 10 7 x x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 10 x x 10) 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 Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 x 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 4 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 3 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 x x 7 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (x x 9 7 6 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 x 7 x 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 10 7 x x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Diminished Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 10 x x 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A°♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sinistergrating

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭7

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