Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

AmM9♯13A Minor major 9th Sharp 13th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Ftone
G♯tone
Etone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 5  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · F · G♯ · E

How to play it

AmM9♯13 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 major 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 11 11 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Minor major 9th Sharp 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

AmM9♯13 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 major 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 11 11 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Minor major 9th Sharp 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 11 11 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How AmM9♯13 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
ambiguousdense
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · F · G♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 5
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