Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

AM9♭5A Major 9th Flat 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Ctone
Ftone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

AM9♭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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 x 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 8 8 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 8 8 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 8 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 8 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 x 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 8 11 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

AM9♭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 Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 x 8 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 8 8 x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 8 8 6 x 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 8 8 8 7) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 8 8 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 x 11 8 8 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 x 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Major 9th Flat 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 8 11 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How AM9♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dreamyfloating
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C · F · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭6 · 7
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AM9♭5 in other tunings:

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