Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A7♭5A Dominant 7th Flat 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

A7♭5 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 Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 x 2 4 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 4 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 2 4 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A7♭5 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 Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 x 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 x 2 4 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 4 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 2 4 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 x 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 2 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A7♭5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgybluesyhazy

Genres

jazzblues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5

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