Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Aø9♭13A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · E · G♯ · D

How to play it

Aø9♭13 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (4 1 4 4 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 4 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 5 4 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 4 7 0 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 4 4 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 14) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 16 16 17 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Aø9♭13 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 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (4 1 4 4 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 4 3 3 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 3 3 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 5 4 3 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 4 7 0 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 4 4 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 14) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
A Half-Diminished 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 16 16 17 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2
Sound

How Aø9♭13 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7 · 4
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