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

Aø♭9♭13A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th

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Formula 6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4 · Notes F♯ · A · C · E · G · D

How to play it

Aø♭9♭13 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 minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 6 6 4 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 6 7 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (5 8 8 7 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 15th position (17 18 18 16 16 15) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 18 19 20 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (17 20 20 19 18 18) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

Aø♭9♭13 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 minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 6 6 4 4 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 6 7 8 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (5 8 8 7 6 6) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 15th position (17 18 18 16 16 15) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 18 19 20 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Half-Diminished minor ninth Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (17 20 20 19 18 18) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Aø♭9♭13 sounds

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · E · G · D

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 4

Same notes asAo♭9♭13

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