Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Ao7(add9)A Diminished 7th Added 9th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Ao7(add9) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, 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 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 x 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 3 x 2 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 3 1 2 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (4 0 1 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 x 3 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 3 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 6 x 3 3 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Ao7(add9) 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 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 x 2 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 3 x 2 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 3 1 2 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (4 0 1 2 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 x 3 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 3 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

A Diminished 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 6 x 3 3 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How Ao7(add9) 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 · D♯ · G♯

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

Same notes asAo9

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