Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Ao9♯13A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
G♯tone
Etone

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

How to play it

Ao9♯13 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 5 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 5 6 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 6 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (15 17 17 17 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (15 17 18 17 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (15 18 17 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar chord — 15th position (15 18 18 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Ao9♯13 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 ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 5 5 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 5 6 5 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 5 5 5 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 6 5 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (15 17 17 17 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (15 17 18 17 18 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (15 18 17 17 17 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Diminished ninth Sharp 13th guitar tab — 15th position (15 18 18 17 17 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Ao9♯13 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensestrange
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯ · E
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · 5
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