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

A7♭9A Dominant 7th Flat 9th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Etone
Gtone

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

How to play it

A7♭9 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 Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 0 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 3 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 2 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
A Dominant 7th Flat 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 2 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)
Read it as tab

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

How A7♭9 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tensedramaticexotic
Genres
jazzclassicallatin
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
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