Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Am9♯5A Minor 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A · D · E · 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

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

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 11 12 12 13) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 11th position (x 14 12 12 11 13) 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 4 5 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 4 0 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

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

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 11 12 12 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 11th position (x 14 12 12 11 13) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How Am9♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

lushdark

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7

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