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

Aø7A Half-Diminished 7th

F♯Root

Atone

Ctone

Etone

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

How to play it

Aø7 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 Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x x 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 x 4 x 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x x 5 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 x 5 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Aø7 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 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x x 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 x 4 x 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x x 5 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 3 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 x 5 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Aø7 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

melancholyanxiousyearning

Genres

jazzclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5

Same notes asAm7♭5

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