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

Aø9(add2)A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd

F♯Root

G♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

Aø9(add2) 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 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 x 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 5 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 5 4 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Aø9(add2) 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 Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 x 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 x 4 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 0 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 4 4 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 5 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished 9th Added 2nd guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 5 4 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Aø9(add2) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fragiletense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · G♯ · A · C · E · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 7 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7

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