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

Aø7♯9A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Atone

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

How to play it

Aø7♯9 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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 x 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 4 6 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 6 x x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Aø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 x 1 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 1 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 1 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 x 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 1 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 3 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 4 6 3 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 6 x x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Aø7♯9 sounds

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · A

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

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