Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

A°♯9A Diminished Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · A

How to play it

A°♯9 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · 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).

A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x x 6 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x x 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 0 5 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 6 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 x x x 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

A°♯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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x x 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x x 6 x 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x x 5 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 0 5 x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 0 5 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 6 x 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
A Diminished Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 x x x 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
Sound

How A°♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 1
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