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

A7(add9)A Dominant 7th Added 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

A7(add9) fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 x 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 3 x 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 x 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 x 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 0 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 3 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

A7(add9) 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 Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 x 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 3 x 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 x 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 x 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 0 3 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 3 3 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 3 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 7th Added 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 0 5 2 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How A7(add9) sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

funkysmoothconfident

Genres

funkbluesjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7

Same notes asA9

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