Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Ao7♭9A Diminished 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

Ao7♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 3 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 11 x 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 10 11 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (9 11 9 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 10 11 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 12 15 15 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 15 15 12 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Ao7♭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 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 3 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 3 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 11 x 8 10 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 10 11 10 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (9 11 9 8 10 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 10 11 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 12 15 15 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Diminished 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 15 15 12 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Ao7♭9 sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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