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

AM♯5A Major Sharp 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

AM♯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 Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x x x 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 x 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 x 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 0 1 4 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

AM♯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 Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 0 0 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x x x 0 0 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 x 0 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 0 0 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 x x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 0 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 x 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

A Major Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 0 1 4 0 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How AM♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseunsettleddreamlike

Genres

jazzclassicalfilm score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4

Same notes asA+

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