Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Am9♭5A Minor 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Am9♭5 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 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 x 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

Am9♭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 Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (x 0 5 5 4 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 x 5 5 4 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 0 5 5 4 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 x 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 5 0 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How Am9♭5 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 asAø9Aø7(add9)
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