Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯M9♯5A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · Notes G♯ · C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

A♯M9♯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♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 3 0 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 x 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 9 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 9 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 9 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (10 7 10 7 9 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A♯M9♯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♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 3 0 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 0 4 5 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 4 3 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 x 7 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 9 7 9 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 9 7 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 9 9 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A♯ Major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (10 7 10 7 9 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A♯M9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1

Same notes asA♯+M9 A♯+M7(add9)

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