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

A7(add9)A Dominant 7th Added 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

A7(add9) 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 x 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 1 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 3 1 3 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — Open (3 3 1 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A7(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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 x 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 1 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 x 1 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 1 1 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 1 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 3 1 3 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — Open (3 3 1 1 0 1) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Sound

How A7(add9) 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 asA9
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