Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A♯m♯9A♯ Minor Sharp 9th

G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone
Btone

Formula ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭2  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · B

How to play it

A♯m♯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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 3 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (8 8 8 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 13 15 15 14 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (x x 20 18 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (20 20 20 18 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x x 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 3 x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

A♯m♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 3 2 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x x 8 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (8 8 8 6 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 13 15 15 14 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (x x 20 18 18 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (20 20 20 18 18 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x x 2 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A♯ Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 3 x 2 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How A♯m♯9 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭2
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