Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A9♭5A Dominant 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯

How to play it

A9♭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 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 19 18 18 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A9♭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 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 8 10 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 11 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 14 14 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 19 18 18 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
slinkyhazy
Genres
jazzfunk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7
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