Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯o♭9♯5A♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

G♯Root
Btone
Dtone
Etone
F♯tone
Atone

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

How to play it

A♯o♭9♯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♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (10 9 8 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (10 11 11 11 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 20th position (22 21 20 20 21 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A♯o♭9♯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♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (10 9 8 8 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (10 11 11 11 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A♯ Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 20th position (22 21 20 20 21 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A♯o♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
grimdissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7
Same notes asA♯ø♭9♯5
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