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

Aø9♯5A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
Dtone
Etone
G♯tone

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

How to play it

Aø9♯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 Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 4 1 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 0 1 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (2 3 4 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Aø9♯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 Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 4 1 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 0 1 1 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (2 3 4 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 4 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Half-Diminished 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 15 16 16 17 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Aø9♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
murkyfragile
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

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