Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

Ao7♯5A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone
D♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D · D♯

How to play it

Ao7♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 x 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 5 4 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 2 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 5 4 3 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 8 7 10 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (x 7 10 7 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao7♯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 Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 x 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 5 4 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 2 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 5 4 4 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 5 4 3 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 8 7 10 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished 7th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (x 7 10 7 10 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao7♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
gnarleddissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · ♭5
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