Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Aø7♯5A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone
Etone

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

How to play it

Aø7♯5 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3, 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 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 3 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 x 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 3 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Aø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 3 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 3 1 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 3 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 x 0 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 0 1 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 0 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 3 1 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 3 1 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3
Sound

How Aø7♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
murkytense
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

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