Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Aø7♯5A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Dtone

Etone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D · E

How to play it

Aø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 0 0 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (x 2 3 0 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 12 12 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 12 12 10 x 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 9 12 12 11) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

Aø7♯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 Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 0 0 3 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (x 2 3 0 0 1) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 3 5 5 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 5 3 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 12 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 12 12 x 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 12 12 10 x 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Half-Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 9 12 12 11) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Aø7♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkytense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5

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