Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Ao7(add9)A Diminished 7th Added 9th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Ao7(add9) 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 Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 4 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 x 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 11 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 11 x 8 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 11 11 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 9 11 11 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 11 9 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

Ao7(add9) 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 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 4 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 x 11 11 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 11 x 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 11 x 8 11 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 11 11 8 x 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 9 11 11 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 11 9 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How Ao7(add9) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7
Same notes asAo9
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