Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Am7♭9A Minor 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone

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

How to play it

Am7♭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 Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 3 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 x 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 x 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 9 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 10 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 x 12 12 10 12) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 12 12 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

Am7♭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 Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 3 4 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 3 0 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 x 10 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 x 7 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 9 7 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 10 12 12 12) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 x 12 12 10 12) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
A Minor 7th Flat 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 12 12 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How Am7♭9 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
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