Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Am9♭13A Minor 9th Flat 13th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯ · D

How to play it

Am9♭13 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 Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 5 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (7 8 5 5 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 9 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 9 10 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 10 10 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 10 9 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (19 19 17 17 18 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (19 20 17 17 17 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

Am9♭13 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 Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 5 5 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (7 8 5 5 5 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 9 9 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 9 10 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 10 10 8 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 10 9 8 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (19 19 17 17 18 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (19 20 17 17 17 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How Am9♭13 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
heavysomber
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · G♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 4
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