Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯+M7♯9A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Ctone
Etone
Gtone
Btone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2  ·  Notes G♯ · C · E · G · B

How to play it

A♯+M7♯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♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 4 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 x 9 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 11 9 9 x 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 11 9 9 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 x 13 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 13 x 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A♯+M7♯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♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 4 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 4 4 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 x 9 9 9 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 11 9 9 x 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 11 9 9 9 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 x 13 13 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Augmented-major 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 13 x 12 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A♯+M7♯9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clashingstrange
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · ♭2
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