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

A9♭5A Dominant 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯

How to play it

A9♭5 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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 4 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 4 3 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 x 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 9 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (x 12 11 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (17 14 15 16 14 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Read it as tab

A9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 4 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 x 2 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 4 3 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 x 6 6 7) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 6 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 9 10 10 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (x 12 11 10 10 9) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (17 14 15 16 14 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)
Sound

How A9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
slinkyhazy
Genres
jazzfunk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7
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