Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Am♭9A Minor Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Am♭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 Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x x 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 0 x 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 7 x 5 x 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x 0 7 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x x 7 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar chord — 5th position (7 x 8 x 5 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

Am♭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 Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 3 1 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 3 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x x 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 0 x 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 7 x 5 x 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x 0 7 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x x 7 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Minor Flat 9th guitar tab — 5th position (7 x 8 x 5 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How Am♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sinisterclashing
Genres
film scoreexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · ♭7
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