Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A9♭5A Dominant 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯

How to play it

A9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 11 12 13 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 13 12 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 13th position (x 14 13 16 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 18th position (21 18 x 20 19 19) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

A9♭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 Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 4 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 x 6 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 8 7 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 11 12 13 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 13 12 11 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 13th position (x 14 13 16 15 15) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 18th position (21 18 x 20 19 19) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How A9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
slinkyhazy
Genres
jazzfunk
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · 5 · 7
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