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

Am9♯5A Minor 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes F♯ · A · D · E · G♯

How to play it

Am9♯5 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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 5 x 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 6 6 x 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 8 5 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (x 8 6 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 17 x 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 18 18 x 16 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (x 20 17 19 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (x 20 18 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am9♯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 Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 5 x 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 6 6 x 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 8 5 7 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (x 8 6 7 6 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 17 x 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 18 18 x 16 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (x 20 17 19 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (x 20 18 19 18 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am9♯5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
lushdark
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D · E · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7
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