Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Am(add9)A Minor Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Am(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 4 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 4 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x x 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 0 x 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 0 7 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Am(add9) 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 Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 4 1 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 4 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 0 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x x 5 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 0 x 5 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A Minor Added 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 0 7 5 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Am(add9) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 7

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