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

A9♯5A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯

How to play it

A9♯5 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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 x 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 x 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 0 4 7 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 6 4 7 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 4 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

A9♯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 Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 x 0 2 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 x 2 2 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 2 x 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 2 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 2 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 0 4 7 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 6 4 7 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
A Dominant 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 4 x 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1
Sound

How A9♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
edgycolorfulunstable
Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7
Same notes asA+9A+7(add9)
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