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

Ao7♯5A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Dtone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Ao7♯5 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 4 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 4 x 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 4 0 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 4 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 4 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 x 0 7 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 4 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Ao7♯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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 4 0 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 0 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 4 x 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 4 0 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 4 3 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 4 0 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 x 0 7 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 4 0 5 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Ao7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

gnarleddissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5

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