Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A9A Dominant 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

A9 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 guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 x 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 11 8 10 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A9 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 guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 6 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 7 8 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 x 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 x 8 10 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 11 8 10 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A9 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
funkysmoothconfident
Genres
funkbluesjazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7
Same notes asA7(add9)
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