Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Am13♯9A Minor 13th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Atone

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · A · B · D♯

How to play it

Am13♯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 Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 11 9 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (21 21 19 21 21 22) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Am13♯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 Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 9 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 11 9 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Minor 13th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (21 21 19 21 21 22) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Am13♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

saturatedthick

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · A · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

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