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

Ao7(add2)A Diminished 7th Added 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes F♯ · G♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

Ao7(add2) 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 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 x 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 x 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 5 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

Ao7(add2) 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 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 x 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 x 2 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 2 3 2 5) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 5 3 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Diminished 7th Added 2nd guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 2 2 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How Ao7(add2) sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

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