Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2

Aø9A Half-Diminished 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Aø9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2, 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 x 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Aø9 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 Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 3 2 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 x 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 3 x 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 x 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Aø9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
fragiletensebittersweet
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7
Same notes asAm9♭5Aø7(add9)
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