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

A9A Dominant 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

How to play it

A9 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 Dominant 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 7 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Read it as tab

A9 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 Dominant 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5 4 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 5 5 4 2) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 x 5 7 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 x 5 4 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 7 5 5 4 x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 5) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

A Dominant 9th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 5 7 7) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Sound

How A9 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7

Same notes asA7(add9)

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