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

Ao♭9♯5A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Dtone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes F♯ · A · C · D · E · G

How to play it

Ao♭9♯5 fingering positions

Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD), 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 Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 8 8 6 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 8 8 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (7 10 10 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (19 20 20 18 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 20 20 21 22 22) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (19 22 22 21 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Read it as tab

Ao♭9♯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 Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 8 8 6 6 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 8 8 9 10 10) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (7 10 10 9 8 8) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (19 20 20 18 18 17) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 20 20 21 22 22) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (19 22 22 21 20 20) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Sound

How Ao♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grimdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · ♭7

Same notes asAø♭9♯5

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