Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯9♭5A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th

G♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
F♯tone
A♯tone

Formula ♭7 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1  ·  Notes G♯ · C · D · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

A♯9♭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♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 0 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 10 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 x 10 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 17th position (20 17 18 17 17 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

A♯9♭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♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 0 1 1 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 5th position (8 5 6 5 5 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 10 7 9 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 x 10 9 9 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 12 13 13 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 17th position (20 17 18 17 17 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How A♯9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
slinkyhazy
Genres
jazzfunk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D · F♯ · A♯
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · 2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1
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