Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ø♭9♯5A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

G♯Root

Btone

Dtone

Etone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D · E · F♯ · A

How to play it

A♯ø♭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♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 7 6 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (20 19 18 18 19 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 20th position (20 21 21 21 21 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

A♯ø♭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♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 7 6 6 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 9 9 9 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (20 19 18 18 19 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯ Half-Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 20th position (20 21 21 21 21 21) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How A♯ø♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D · E · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭5 · ♭6 · 7

Same notes asA♯o♭9♯5

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