Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A+♭5A Augmented Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · D

How to play it

A+♭5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 x 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 10 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 10 x 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 10 x 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

A+♭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 Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 x 1 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 2 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 2 1 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 10 x 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 10 x 8 x 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 10 9 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Augmented Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 10 x 8 9 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How A+♭5 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
hazysurreal
Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 4
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A+♭5 in other tunings:

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