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

Ao11♯9A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
Atone
Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D♯ · A · B

How to play it

Ao11♯9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 x 5 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 5 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 x 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 5 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 5 5 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

Ao11♯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 Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 x 5 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 5 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 x 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 5 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 5 5 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 2 3 2 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How Ao11♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
harshdense
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · A · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 1 · 2
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