Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A+7♭9A Augmented 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G

How to play it

A+7♭9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1, 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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 0 3 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 0 0 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 3 2 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 x 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 0 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A+7♭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 Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 0 3 x 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 x 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 0 0 x 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 2 0 x 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 x 3 3 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 0 3 3 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 3 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 0 2 3 3 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

Sound

How A+7♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

volatilejarring

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · ♭7

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