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

Am♯9A Minor Sharp 9th

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone
Atone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3 · 1  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯ · A

How to play it

Am♯9 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 Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x x 3 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (3 3 3 2 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 6th (x 8 6 6 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x x 15 14 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (15 15 15 14 15 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — M-shape, 18th (x 20 18 18 20 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

Am♯9 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 Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x x 3 2 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (3 3 3 2 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 6th (x 8 6 6 8 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x x 15 14 15 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (15 15 15 14 15 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — M-shape, 18th (x 20 18 18 20 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 x x 2 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
A Minor Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (3 3 x 2 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
Sound

How Am♯9 sounds

Consonance
3/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
darkthick
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3 · 1
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