Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A+♭9A Augmented Flat 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · G

How to play it

A+♭9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 3 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 7 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

A+♭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 Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 3 3 2 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 3 3 2 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 x 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 0 3 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x x 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Augmented Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 7 x 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How A+♭9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
jarringunstable
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭7
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