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

Ao♭9♯5A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone
Etone
Gtone

Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C · D · E · G

How to play it

Ao♭9♯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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 0 1 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 3 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 3 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 3 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 4 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 15 15 13 13 12) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 15 16 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao♭9♯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 minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 0 1 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 3 1 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 1 1 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 3 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 3 4 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 4 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 15 15 13 13 12) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished minor ninth Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 15 16 17 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao♭9♯5 sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
grimdissonant
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 4 · 5 · ♭7
Same notes asAø♭9♯5
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