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

Am6♭5A Minor 6th Flat 5th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone

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

How to play it

Am6♭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 Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 x 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 4 x 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 1 2 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 4 x 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 4 2 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — Open (2 4 2 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x 5 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Am6♭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 Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 x 1 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 4 x 1 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 1 2 1 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 4 x 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 4 2 1 1 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — Open (2 4 2 1 1 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor 6th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x 5 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Am6♭5 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dramaticominoussuspenseful
Genres
classicaljazzfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5
Same notes asAo7
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