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

E+9E Augmented 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯

How to play it

E+9 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).

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 6 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 17 18 16 19) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 19 18 16 17) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

E+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.

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 6 4 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 6 4 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 8 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 8 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 8 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 17 18 16 19) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

E Augmented 9th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 19 18 16 17) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 3

Sound

How E+9 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

edgycolorfulunstable

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · ♭5

Same notes asE+7(add9)E9♯5

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