Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯+M9(add2)A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd

G♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Etone
Gtone
A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · A♯ · C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

A♯+M9(add2) 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-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 x 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 7 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 7 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 7 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 8 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (8 x 7 7 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (8 9 7 7 x 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

A♯+M9(add2) 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-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 2 1 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 x 5 7 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 7 5 7 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 7 5 7 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 7 7 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 8 5 7 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (8 x 7 7 7 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Augmented-major 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (8 9 7 7 x 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How A♯+M9(add2) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
shimmeringluminous
Genres
film score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · A♯ · C · E · G · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1
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