Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯o9A♯ Diminished ninth

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 1 · Notes G♯ · B · D · F · A♯

How to play it

A♯o9 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♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 5th position (8 x 5 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 x 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 10 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 11 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 10 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 10 9 11 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 8th position (8 10 11 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar chord — 11th position (x 13 11 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

A♯o9 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♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 5th position (8 x 5 6 5 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 x 6 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 10 9 x 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 11 9 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 10 9 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 10 9 11 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 8th position (8 10 11 9 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Diminished ninth guitar tab — 11th position (x 13 11 12 13 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How A♯o9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

eerietense

Genres

jazzfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · F · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 1

Same notes asA♯o7(add9)

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