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

Ao9(add2)A Diminished ninth Added 2nd

F♯Root
G♯tone
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Ao9(add2) 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 ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 1 x 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 4 x 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 4 4 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 4 2 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar chord — Open (2 4 4 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Ao9(add2) 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 ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 1 x 1 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 4 x 1 1 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 4 4 1 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 1 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 4 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 4 2 1 1 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Diminished ninth Added 2nd guitar tab — Open (2 4 4 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Ao9(add2) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7
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