Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2

A+♯9A Augmented Sharp 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Atone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · A

How to play it

A+♯9 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2, 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 Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x x 5 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 5 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 x 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 8 5 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (x x 5 5 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 5 5 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 x 8 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 5 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A+♯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 Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x x 5 6 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 5 6 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 x 5 x 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 8 5 x x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (x x 5 5 6 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 5 5 6 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 x 8 5 6 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 5 5 x 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A+♯9 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
stridentunstable
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 1
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