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

Ao♭9(add4)A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th

F♯Root
Atone
Btone
Ctone
Etone
Gtone

Formula 6 · 1 · 2 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A · B · C · E · G

How to play it

Ao♭9(add4) 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 minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — Open (2 0 0 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — Open (2 0 3 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 1 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — Open (2 1 3 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 12 13 13 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 15 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao♭9(add4) 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 minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — Open (2 0 0 1 1 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — Open (2 0 3 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 1 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — Open (2 1 3 1 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 3 4 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 4 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 12 13 13 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Added 4th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 15 13 13 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao♭9(add4) sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clustereddissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · B · C · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 2 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7
Same notes asAø♭9(add4)
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