Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A9♯5A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · 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 Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 12 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 12 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 9 10 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 11 10 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 11 12 13 13) 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 Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 12 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 12 9 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 12 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 9 10 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 11 10 9 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 11 12 13 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How A9♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7
Same notes asA+9A+7(add9)
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